About the Authors

Upendra M. Sainju

upendra.sainju@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Northern Plain Agricultural Research Laboratory, 1500 North Central Avenue, Sidney, MT 59270, United States of America

Competing Interests

The author is also an academic editor of PLOS ONE. This does not alter the author's adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

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