About the Authors

Elizabeth C. Pinneh

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom, Department of Chemistry, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

Rhea Stoppel

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Heather Knight

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

Marc R. Knight

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

Patrick G. Steel

Roles Funding acquisition

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

Paul W. Denny

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

p.w.denny@durham.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

This research was carried out in collaboration with Bayer Crop Sciences, however this does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.