About the Authors
- Ying Li
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Affiliation Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
- Kranthi Varala
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Affiliation Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
- Stephen P. Moose
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Affiliations Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Energy Biosciences Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
- Matthew E. Hudson
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* E-mail: mhudson@illinois.edu
Affiliations Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Energy Biosciences Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: MH is an academic editor of PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MEH SPM YL. Performed the experiments: YL. Analyzed the data: YL KV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YL KV MEH. Wrote the paper: YL MEH.