About the Authors
- Tiejun Zhang
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Contributed equally to this work with: Tiejun Zhang, Long-Xi Yu, Ping Zheng
Current address: Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
Affiliation Plant and Germplasm Introduction and Testing Research, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Prosser, Washington, United States of America
- Long-Xi Yu
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Contributed equally to this work with: Tiejun Zhang, Long-Xi Yu, Ping Zheng
* E-mail: longxi.yu@ars.usda.gov
Affiliation Plant and Germplasm Introduction and Testing Research, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Prosser, Washington, United States of America
- Ping Zheng
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Contributed equally to this work with: Tiejun Zhang, Long-Xi Yu, Ping Zheng
Affiliation Department of Horticulture, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Yajun Li
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Affiliation Plant and Germplasm Introduction and Testing Research, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Prosser, Washington, United States of America
- Martha Rivera
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Affiliation Plant and Germplasm Introduction and Testing Research, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Prosser, Washington, United States of America
- Dorrie Main
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Affiliation Department of Horticulture, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Stephanie L. Greene
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Affiliation National Center for Genetic Resource Preservation, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
Competing Interests
This work was partly supported by a grant from the National Alfalfa and Forage Alliance. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: L-XY. Performed the experiments: TZ YL MR. Analyzed the data: PZ. Wrote the paper: SG DM.