About the Authors
- Ivanildes C. dos Santos
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Affiliation Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Campus Soane Nazaré de Andrade, Rod. Jorge Amado, km 16, 45662-900, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
- Alex-Alan Furtado de Almeida
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* E-mail: alexalan@uesc.br
Affiliation Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Campus Soane Nazaré de Andrade, Rod. Jorge Amado, km 16, 45662-900, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
- Dário Anhert
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Affiliation Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Campus Soane Nazaré de Andrade, Rod. Jorge Amado, km 16, 45662-900, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
- Alessandro S. da Conceição
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Affiliation Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Campus Soane Nazaré de Andrade, Rod. Jorge Amado, km 16, 45662-900, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
- Carlos P. Pirovani
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Affiliation Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Campus Soane Nazaré de Andrade, Rod. Jorge Amado, km 16, 45662-900, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
- José L. Pires
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Affiliation Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau, Comissão Executiva do Plano da Lavoura Cacaueira (CEPEC/CEPLAC). Rod. Jorge Amado, km 22, 45650-000, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
- Raúl René Valle
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Affiliation Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau, Comissão Executiva do Plano da Lavoura Cacaueira (CEPEC/CEPLAC). Rod. Jorge Amado, km 22, 45650-000, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
- Virupax C. Baligar
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Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705-2350, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: A-AFA ICS. Performed the experiments: RRV JLP. Analyzed the data: VCB DA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CPP ASC. Wrote the paper: A-AFA ICS.