About the Authors

A. Mark Ibekwe

Mark.Ibekwe@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, United States Salinity Laboratory, Riverside, California, United States of America

Menu Leddy

Affiliation Orange County Water District, Fountain Valley, California, United States of America

Shelton E. Murinda

Affiliation Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

A. M. IBEKWE is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. 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: AMI. Performed the experiments: AMI ML. Analyzed the data: AMI SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMI SM. Wrote the paper: AMI. AMI ML SM.