About the Authors

Zahirul I. Talukder

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America

Yunming Long

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America

Gerald J. Seiler

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sunflower and Plant Biology Research Unit, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America

William Underwood

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sunflower and Plant Biology Research Unit, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America

Lili Qi

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

lili.qi@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation Sunflower and Plant Biology Research Unit, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.