About the Authors

Xiaohua He

xiaohua.he@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Albany, California, United States of America

Stephanie Patfield

Affiliation Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Albany, California, United States of America

Robert Hnasko

Affiliation Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Albany, California, United States of America

Reuven Rasooly

Affiliation Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Albany, California, United States of America

Robert E. Mandrell

Affiliation Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Albany, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XH RM. Performed the experiments: SP XH. Analyzed the data: XH RH SP RR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RM. Wrote the paper: XH RH.