About the Authors

Richard R. Rodrigues

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Rosana P. Pineda

Affiliation Department of Horticulture, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Jacob N. Barney

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Erik T. Nilsen

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

John E. Barrett

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Mark A. Williams

markwill@vt.edu

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Horticulture, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RRR RPP JNB ETN JEB MAW. Performed the experiments: RRR RPP. Analyzed the data: RRR RPP MAW ETN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RRR RPP JNB ETN JEB MAW. Wrote the paper: RRR MAW JNB RPP ETN.