About the Authors

Domenica Nigro

Affiliation Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, Section of Genetic and Plant Breeding, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy

Yong Q. Gu

Affiliation Genomics and Gene Discovery Research Unit, Western Regional Research Center, USDA-ARS, Albany, California, United States of America

Naxin Huo

Affiliation Genomics and Gene Discovery Research Unit, Western Regional Research Center, USDA-ARS, Albany, California, United States of America

Ilaria Marcotuli

Affiliation Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, Section of Genetic and Plant Breeding, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy

Antonio Blanco

Affiliation Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, Section of Genetic and Plant Breeding, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy

Agata Gadaleta

agata.gadaleta@agr.uniba.it (AG); olin.anderson@ars.usda.gov (OA)

Affiliation Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, Section of Genetic and Plant Breeding, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy

Olin D. Anderson

agata.gadaleta@agr.uniba.it (AG); olin.anderson@ars.usda.gov (OA)

Affiliation Genomics and Gene Discovery Research Unit, Western Regional Research Center, USDA-ARS, Albany, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DN YG IM AB AG OA. Performed the experiments: DN NH IM. Analyzed the data: DN YG NH IM AB AG OA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YG NH AG OA. Wrote the paper: DN AG OA.