About the Authors

Dhananjay Dhokane

Affiliation Department of Plant Science, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, 21,111 Lakeshore Road, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, H9X 3V9, Canada

Shailesh Karre

Affiliation Department of Plant Science, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, 21,111 Lakeshore Road, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, H9X 3V9, Canada

Ajjamada C. Kushalappa

ajjamada.kushalappa@mcgill.ca

Affiliation Department of Plant Science, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, 21,111 Lakeshore Road, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, H9X 3V9, Canada

Curt McCartney

Affiliation Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 195 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2M9, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK DD. Performed the experiments: DD. Analyzed the data: DD SK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AK CM. Wrote the paper: DD. Edited the manuscript: AK.