About the Authors

Surya Saha

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Wayne B. Hunter

Affiliation USDA-ARS, U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America

Justin Reese

Affiliation Genformatic, LLC., Alpharetta, Georgia, United States of America

J. Kent Morgan

Affiliation USDA-ARS, U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America

Mizuri Marutani-Hert

Affiliation USDA-ARS, U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America

Hong Huang

Affiliation School of Information, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Magdalen Lindeberg

ml16@cornell.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: JR owns an interest in and is employed by Genformatic, LLC. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ML SS JR WH. Performed the experiments: SS JM MM HH JR. Analyzed the data: SS ML JR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WH JR ML. Wrote the paper: ML SS WH.