About the Authors

Leslie M. Roche

lmroche@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Andrew M. Latimer

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Danny J. Eastburn

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Kenneth W. Tate

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LMR KWT. Performed the experiments: LMR DJE. Analyzed the data: LMR AML KWT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KWT. Wrote the paper: LMR AML DJE KWT.