About the Authors
- Shawkat Ali
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Current address: Center for Desert Agriculture Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Affiliations Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- John D. Laurie
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Current address: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Center for Plant Science Innovation, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
Affiliations Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Rob Linning
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Affiliation Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada
- José Antonio Cervantes-Chávez
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Current address: Unidad de Microbiología Básica y Aplicada, Campus Aeropuerto, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro, México
Affiliation Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada
- Denis Gaudet
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Affiliation Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
- Guus Bakkeren
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* E-mail: guus.bakkeren@agr.gc.ca
Affiliation Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SA JDL DG GB. Performed the experiments: SA JDL RL DG GB. Analyzed the data: SA JDL RL DG GB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAC. Wrote the paper: SA GB. Edited the manuscript: SA JDL RL JAC DG GB.