About the Authors

Livia Moura Souza

Contributed equally to this work with: Livia Moura Souza, Rodrigo Gazaffi

Affiliation Molecular Biology Center and Genetic Engineering, UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Rodrigo Gazaffi

Contributed equally to this work with: Livia Moura Souza, Rodrigo Gazaffi

Affiliation Department of Genetics, ESALQ - University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil

Camila Campos Mantello

Affiliation Molecular Biology Center and Genetic Engineering, UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Carla Cristina Silva

Affiliation Molecular Biology Center and Genetic Engineering, UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Dominique Garcia

Affiliation CIRAD, UMR AGAP, Montpellier, Hérault, France

Vincent Le Guen

Affiliation CIRAD, UMR AGAP, Montpellier, Hérault, France

Saulo Emilio Almeida Cardoso

Affiliation Laboratório de Pesquisa & Desenvolvimento Plantações Michelin da Bahia, Plantações Michelin da Bahia LTDA, Igrapiuna, BA, Brasil

Antonio Augusto Franco Garcia

Affiliation Department of Genetics, ESALQ - University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil

Anete Pereira Souza

anete@unicamp.br

Affiliations Molecular Biology Center and Genetic Engineering, UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil, Department of Plant Biology – Biology Institute and Molecular Biology Center and Genetic Engineering, UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Competing Interests

Dr. Saulo Emilio Almeida Cardoso, is a researcher from Edouard Michelin Plantation in Brazil. 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: LMS DG VLG APS AAFG. Performed the experiments: LMS CCM CCS SEAC. Analyzed the data: LMS RG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: APS AAFG. Wrote the paper: LMS RG.