About the Authors

Richard D. Richins

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America, Rio Grande Analytics, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Laura Rodriguez-Uribe

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Kiah Lowe

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Rebekah Ferral

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Mary A. O’Connell

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

moconnel@nmsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

This work was possible because research scientists employed at a public university collaborated with two licensed medical marijuana industry members in NM: Rio Grande Analytics and Ultra Health. These commercial entities did not play a role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript; they provided no financial support for supplies or salaries. They did provide analysis space and access to medical marijuana plants during their growth cycles. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data.