About the Authors

Sung-Chur Sim

Affiliation Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Allen Van Deynze

Affiliation Seed Biotechnology Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Kevin Stoffel

Affiliation Seed Biotechnology Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

David S. Douches

Affiliation Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Daniel Zarka

Affiliation Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Martin W. Ganal

Affiliation TraitGenetics GmbH, Gatersleben, Germany

Roger T. Chetelat

Affiliation C. M. Rick Tomato Genetic Resource Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Samuel F. Hutton

Affiliation University of Florida, Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Wimauma, Florida, United States of America

John W. Scott

Affiliation University of Florida, Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Wimauma, Florida, United States of America

Randolph G. Gardner

Affiliation Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, Mills River, North Carolina, United States of America

Dilip R. Panthee

Affiliation Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, Mills River, North Carolina, United States of America

Martha Mutschler

Affiliation Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

James R. Myers

Affiliation Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

David M. Francis

francis.77@osu.edu

Affiliation Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The author, M. W. Ganal has competing interests as a member of TraitGenetics, which is a commercial company that performs molecular marker analysis with the tomato SNP array. TraitGenetics has also a commercial interest in the data generated with the array since it increases the value of their services to their customers. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no further products in development or marketed products or patents to declare.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SCS AVD RTC SFH JWS RGG DRP MM JRM DMF. Performed the experiments: SCS AVD KS DSD DZ DMF. Analyzed the data: SCS MWG DMF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MWG RTC SFH JWS RGG DRP MM JRM DMF. Wrote the paper: SCS MWG DMF.