About the Authors

Anne M. Visscher

Current address: Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Affiliation Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Anna-Lisa Paul

Affiliation Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Matias Kirst

Affiliation School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Charles L. Guy

Affiliation Environmental Horticulture Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Andrew C. Schuerger

Affiliation Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States of America

Robert J. Ferl

robferl@ufl.edu

Affiliations Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMV ALP RF. Performed the experiments: AMV. Analyzed the data: AMV MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RF. Wrote the paper: AMV ALP RF. Doctoral thesis co-advisor of first author (Visscher): ALP RF. Contributed to experimental design and helped direct research: ALP RF. Made significant writing contributions to manuscript: ALP RF. Visscher's doctoral thesis committee member: MK CG ACS. Helped with the design of the experiments, data analysis and editing of manuscript: MK CG ACS.