About the Authors

Eric Cawi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Preston M. Green Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States of America

Patricio S. La Rosa

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Global IT Analytics, Crop Science Division, Bayer Company, Saint Louis, MO, United States of America

Arye Nehorai

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Validation

nehorai@wustl.edu

‡ Senior Author

Affiliation Preston M. Green Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States of America

Competing Interests

P.S. La Rosa has an affiliation to Bayer Company in St. Louis, MO. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.