About the Authors

Hong Yang

Affiliations Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Elias W. Krumholz

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Evan D. Brutinel

Affiliations BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Nagendra P. Palani

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Michael J. Sadowsky

Affiliations BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Andrew M. Odlyzko

Affiliation School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Jeffrey A. Gralnick

Affiliations BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Igor G. L. Libourel

libourel@umn.edu

Affiliations Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HY AMO JAG IGLL. Performed the experiments: HY EWK EDB NPP JAG IGLL. Analyzed the data: HY EWK EDB NPP JAG IGLL. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: HY NPP MJS JAG AMO IGLL.