About the Authors

Sowmya Venkatakrishnan

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

David Mackey

Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Iris Meier

meier.56@osu.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SV DM IM. Performed the experiments: SV. Analyzed the data: SV DM IM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DM. Wrote the paper: SV IM.