About the Authors

Annemarie Gous

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

Affiliations Biotechnology Platform, Agricultural Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Connal D. Eardley

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Steven D. Johnson

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Dirk Z. H. Swanevelder

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biotechnology Platform, Agricultural Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa

Sandi Willows-Munro

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

willows-munro@ukzn.ac.za

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.