About the Authors

Lee James Conneely

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia

Ramil Mauleon

Roles Data curation, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia

Jos Mieog

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia

Bronwyn J. Barkla

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia

Tobias Kretzschmar

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

tobias.kretzschmar@scu.edu.au

Affiliation Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia

Competing Interests

First author LJK received a partial stipend from the commercial entity Cann Group Limited. The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.