About the Authors

Jason Sawler

Affiliation Department of Plant and Animals Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada

Bruce Reisch

Affiliation Department of Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Mallikarjuna K. Aradhya

Affiliation National Clonal Germplasm Repository, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Bernard Prins

Affiliation National Clonal Germplasm Repository, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Gan-Yuan Zhong

Affiliations United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Grape Genetics Research Unit, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva, New York, United States of America, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Plant Genetic Resources Unit, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva, New York, United States of America

Heidi Schwaninger

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Plant Genetic Resources Unit, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva, New York, United States of America

Charles Simon

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Plant Genetic Resources Unit, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva, New York, United States of America

Edward Buckler

Affiliations Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Sean Myles

sean.myles@dal.ca

Affiliation Department of Plant and Animals Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JS SM. Performed the experiments: JS SM. Analyzed the data: JS SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BR MA BP GYZ HS CS EB. Wrote the manuscript: JS SM.