About the Authors

Juan C. Motamayor

juan.motamayor@effem.com

Affiliations National Germplasm Repository, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Subtropical Horticulture Research Station, Miami, Florida, United States of America, MARS Inc., Hackettstown, New Jersey, United States of America

Philippe Lachenaud

Affiliation CIRAD-Bios, UPR “Bioagresseurs de pérennes”, TA-A31/02, Montpellier, France

Jay Wallace da Silva e Mota

Affiliation CEPLAC/SUPOR (AMAZONIA), Belem-Pa, Brazil

Rey Loor

Affiliation INIAP, Estación Experimental Pichilingue, Los Ríos, Ecuador

David N. Kuhn

Affiliation National Germplasm Repository, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Subtropical Horticulture Research Station, Miami, Florida, United States of America

J. Steven Brown

Affiliation National Germplasm Repository, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Subtropical Horticulture Research Station, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Raymond J. Schnell

Affiliation National Germplasm Repository, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Subtropical Horticulture Research Station, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCM RJS. Performed the experiments: JCM PL JWdSeM RL. Analyzed the data: JCM PL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCM JWdSeM RL RJS. Wrote the paper: JCM PL DNK JSB RJS.