About the Authors

Soumaya Dbara

Affiliation Centre Régional des Recherches en Horticulture et Agriculture Biologique, Chott Mariem, 4042, BP57, Tunisia

Matthew Haworth

Affiliation Trees and Timber Institute, National Research Council (CNR—IVALSA), Via Madonna del Piano 10, I-50019, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy

Giovani Emiliani

Affiliation Trees and Timber Institute, National Research Council (CNR—IVALSA), Via Madonna del Piano 10, I-50019, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy

Mehdi Ben Mimoun

Affiliation Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie, 43 Avenue Charles Nicolle, Tunis, 1082, Tunisia

Aurelio Gómez-Cadenas

Affiliation Dept Ciencias Agrarias y del Medio Natural, Universitat Jaume I, campus Riu Sec, E-12071, Castellon, Spain

Mauro Centritto

mauro.centritto@cnr.it

Affiliation Trees and Timber Institute, National Research Council (CNR—IVALSA), Via Madonna del Piano 10, I-50019, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MBM MC AGC. Performed the experiments: SD MBM MC. Analyzed the data: MH MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MC GE. Wrote the paper: MH MC.