About the Authors
- Beatrice Amyotte
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Affiliation Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, Victoria Avenue North, Vineland Station, ON, Canada
- Amy J. Bowen
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Affiliation Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, Victoria Avenue North, Vineland Station, ON, Canada
- Travis Banks
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Affiliation Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, Victoria Avenue North, Vineland Station, ON, Canada
- Istvan Rajcan
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Affiliation University of Guelph, Department of Plant Agriculture, Guelph, ON, Canada
- Daryl J. Somers
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* E-mail: Daryl.Somers@vinelandresearch.com
Affiliation Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, Victoria Avenue North, Vineland Station, ON, Canada
Competing Interests
This research was carried out at the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre. Private sector funding was provided to DS by the Ontario Apple Growers and this does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: DS AB. Data curation: TB BA AB. Formal analysis: AB BA TB. Funding acquisition: DS. Investigation: BA AB TB. Methodology: AB DS BA TB. Project administration: DS. Resources: DS AB TB. Software: TB AB BA. Supervision: DS. Visualization: BA DS. Writing – original draft: BA DS. Writing – review & editing: DS BA AB TB IR.