About the Authors

Clive A. Kirkby

Clive.Kirkby@csiro.au

Affiliations Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Agriculture, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, Australia, Charles Sturt University, E H Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

Alan E. Richardson

Affiliation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Agriculture, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, Australia

Len J. Wade

Affiliation Charles Sturt University, E H Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

Mark Conyers

Affiliation New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI), PMB Pine Gully Road, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

John A. Kirkegaard

Affiliation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Agriculture, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CK JK. Performed the experiments: CK JK. Analyzed the data: CK JK AR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CK JK AR. Wrote the paper: CK AR LW MC JK.