1. Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 9250, USA
2. Genetics Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom 32511, Egypt
3. Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
4. Botany Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom 32511, Egypt
5. Maryout Research Station, Genetic Resources Department, Desert Research Center, 1 Mathaf El-Matarya St., El-Matareya, Cairo 11753, Egypt
6. Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh 33516, Egypt
7. Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
8. Department of Agricultural Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Menoufia University, Shibin El-Kom 32514, Egypt
9. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 1391 Sandford Street, London, ON N5V 4T3, Canada
10. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada