About the Authors

Yangrae Cho

yangrae@hawaii.edu

Affiliation Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Akhil Srivastava

Affiliation Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Robin A. Ohm

Affiliation US DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, United States of America

Christopher B. Lawrence

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Koon-Hui Wang

Affiliation Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Igor V. Grigoriev

Affiliation US DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, United States of America

Sharadchandra P. Marahatta

Current address: Science and Math Division, Kaua'i Community College, Lihu'e, Hawaii, United States of America

Affiliation Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YC AS. Performed the experiments: YC AS. Analyzed the data: YC AS RAO SPM KHW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YC AS RAO. Wrote the paper: YC RAO CBL IVG FB.