About the Authors

Jason W. Dallas

dallasjason2@gmail.com (JWD); donald.walker@mtsu.edu (DMW)

Affiliation Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States of America

Mitra Ghotbi

Affiliations Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States of America, Institute for Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany

Alexander J. Rurik

Affiliation Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States of America

Tia King

Affiliation Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States of America

Ross T. Rubin

Affiliation Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States of America

Chloe Cummins

Affiliation Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States of America

N. Reed Alexander

Affiliations Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States of America, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, United States of America

Tatyana A. Martinez

Affiliation Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States of America

Ian B. Wilson

Affiliation Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States of America

Emily Foster

Affiliation Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States of America

Misael Avalos Madera

Affiliation Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States of America

Johanna E. Crick

Affiliation Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States of America

Donald M. Walker

dallasjason2@gmail.com (JWD); donald.walker@mtsu.edu (DMW)

Affiliation Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.