About the Authors

Miguel Bento

Contributed equally to this work with: Miguel Bento, H. Sofia Pereira

Affiliation Centro de Botânica Aplicada à Agricultura, Secção de Genética, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Technical University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, Portugal

H. Sofia Pereira

Contributed equally to this work with: Miguel Bento, H. Sofia Pereira

Affiliation Centro de Botânica Aplicada à Agricultura, Secção de Genética, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Technical University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, Portugal

Margarida Rocheta

Affiliation Centro de Botânica Aplicada à Agricultura, Secção de Genética, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Technical University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, Portugal

Perry Gustafson

Affiliation Curtis Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Wanda Viegas

Affiliation Centro de Botânica Aplicada à Agricultura, Secção de Genética, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Technical University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, Portugal

Manuela Silva

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: manuelasilva@isa.utl.pt

Affiliation Centro de Botânica Aplicada à Agricultura, Secção de Genética, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Technical University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS WV MB. Performed the experiments: MB. Analyzed the data: MS WV MB HP MR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HP PG. Wrote the paper: MS WV.