About the Authors

El-Desouky Ammar

desoukyammar@gmail.com

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America

Matthew Hentz

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America

David G. Hall

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America

Robert G. Shatters Jr.

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EDA. Performed the experiments: EDA MH. Analyzed the data: EDA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH DGH RGS. Wrote the paper: EDA MH DGH RGS.