About the Authors

Omer Falik

Affiliation Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel

Yonat Mordoch

Affiliation Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel

Lydia Quansah

Affiliation The French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Dryland, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel

Aaron Fait

Affiliation The French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Dryland, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel

Ariel Novoplansky

anovopla@bgu.ac.il

Affiliation Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AN OF. Performed the experiments: OF YM. Analyzed the data: AN LQ AF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AN LQ AF. Wrote the paper: AN. Executed the GC-MS chemical analyses: LQ.