About the Authors

Eduardo P. Cappa

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

cappa.eduardo@inta.gob.ar (EPC); y.el-kassaby@ubc.ca (YAE)

Affiliations Instituto de Recursos Biológicos, Centro de Investigación en Recursos Naturales, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jennifer G. Klutsch

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Forestry, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Jaime Sebastian-Azcona

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Irrigation and Crop Ecophysiology Group, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

Affiliation Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Blaise Ratcliffe

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Xiaojing Wei

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Letitia Da Ros

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Yang Liu

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Charles Chen

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Andy Benowicz

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Forest Stewardship and Trade Branch, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Shane Sadoway

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Blue Ridge Lumber Inc., West Fraser Mills Ltd, Blue Ridge, Alberta, Canada

Shawn D. Mansfield

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Nadir Erbilgin

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Barb R. Thomas

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Yousry A. El-Kassaby

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

cappa.eduardo@inta.gob.ar (EPC); y.el-kassaby@ubc.ca (YAE)

Affiliation Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.