Alignment of (Pandoc) markdown grid tables

Hi, the EasyAlign plugin saves me a lot of manual 'spaces' when creating tables.
However, what can I do to correctly align the following table:

~~~
+-------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------------------+--------------------------+
| **Crop/** | **Equipment** | **Quality trait** | **Statistical** | **Reference** |
| **plant-** | | | **determination** | |
| **based** | | | **of biomarker** | |
| **product** | | | | |
+=============+=====+==========+==========================+===================+==========================+
| **Apple** | GC-MS | Post-storage changes, | PCA-VIP scores | [@rudell_prestorage_2008 |
| | LC-UV/vis-MS | metabolite levels | | |
| | | associated with ethylene | | |
| | | synphesis, flavonoid | | |
| | | pigment synphesis, and | | |
| | | fruit texture | | |
| +----------------+--------------------------+-------------------+--------------------------+
| | UHPLC-DAD-HRMS | Post-harvest quality, | PCA-VIP scores | [@sun_composition_2017] |
| | | post-harvest blue mold | | |
| | | resistance | | |
| +----------------+--------------------------+-------------------+--------------------------+
| | ^1^H NMR | Post-storage metabolite | PCA-VIP scores | [@brizzolara_metabolomics_2017 |
| | GC-MS | changes under low-oxygen | PLS | |
| | HS-SPME-GC-MS | atmosphere storage | |
+------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+
~~~

The problem are the lines with `| +----------------+--------------------------+-------------------+--------------------------+`
The | are aligned with `:EasyAlign *|`; but the spaces of the 'incomplete' lines are removed.
The result should look like:

~~~
+-------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------------------+---------------------------------+
| **Crop/** | **Equipment** | **Quality trait** | **Statistical** | **Reference** |
| **plant-** | | | **determination** | |
| **based** | | | **of biomarker** | |
| **product** | | | | |
+=============+=====+==========+==========================+===================+=================================+
| **Apple** | GC-MS | Post-storage changes, | PCA-VIP scores | [@rudell_prestorage_2008] |
| | LC-UV/vis-MS | metabolite levels | | |
| | | associated with ethylene | | |
| | | synphesis, flavonoid | | |
| | | pigment synphesis, and | | |
| | | fruit texture | | |
| +----------------+--------------------------+-------------------+---------------------------------+
| | UHPLC-DAD-HRMS | Post-harvest quality, | PCA-VIP scores | [@sun_composition_2017] |
| | | post-harvest blue mold | | |
| | | resistance | | |
| +----------------+--------------------------+-------------------+---------------------------------+
| | ^1^H NMR | Post-storage metabolite | PCA-VIP scores | [@brizzolara_metabolomics_2017] |
| | GC-MS | changes under low-oxygen | PLS | |
| | HS-SPME-GC-MS | atmosphere storage | | |
+-------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------------------+---------------------------------+
~~~
I.e. I want to align the | and +; but the + according to the last column.
Is this possible?