About the Authors

Maria S. Smith

Affiliation Department of Horticulture, Cornell University, 134A Plant Science Building, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Jason D. Fridley

Affiliation Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Marc Goebel

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

Taryn L. Bauerle

bauerle@cornell.edu

Affiliation Department of Horticulture, Cornell University, 134A Plant Science Building, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSS JDF MG TLB. Performed the experiments: MS JDF MG TLB. Analyzed the data: MS JDF MG TLB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JDF TLB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MSS.