About the Authors

Pedro J. Martínez-García

pjmartinezgarcia@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Dan E. Parfitt

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Richard M. Bostock

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Jonathan Fresnedo-Ramírez

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Alejandra Vazquez-Lobo

Affiliation Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México DF, México

Ebenezer A. Ogundiwin

Current address: Nunhems USA, Inc, Davis, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Thomas M. Gradziel

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Carlos H. Crisosto

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RMB TMG DEP CHC EAO. Performed the experiments: PJMG JFR RMB TMG EAO. Analyzed the data: PJMG JFR AVL RMB EAO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RMB DEP TMG CHC. Wrote the paper: PJMG DEP RMB.