About the Authors
- Muqing Zhang
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Affiliations Indian River Research and Education Center, IFAS-UF, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America, USDA-ARS, US Horticultural Lab, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America, State Key Lab for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
- Charles A. Powell
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Affiliation Indian River Research and Education Center, IFAS-UF, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America
- Lesley S. Benyon
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Affiliation USDA-ARS, US Horticultural Lab, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America
- Hui Zhou
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Affiliation State Key Lab for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
- Yongping Duan
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* E-mail: yongping.duan@ars.usda.gov
Affiliation USDA-ARS, US Horticultural Lab, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CP YD. Analyzed the data: MZ LB HZ CP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CP YD. Wrote the paper: MZ LB YD. Carried out the field studies and the DNA extractions: MZ LB. Drafted the manuscript: MZ LB HZ CP.