About the Authors
- Lijuan Zhou
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Affiliations Horticultural Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America, Indian River Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America
- Charles A. Powell
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Affiliation Indian River Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America
- Wenbin Li
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Affiliation Center for Plant Health, Science and Technology, Animal and Plant health Inspection Service, US Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Mike Irey
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Affiliation Southern Garden Citrus, U. S. Sugar Corp., Clewiston, Florida, United States of America
- Yongping Duan
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* E-mail: yongping.duan@ars.usda.gov
Affiliation Horticultural Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors declare there is no Competing Interest although they have a co-author who is employed by a commercial company, Southern Garden Citrus, U. S. Sugar Corp., Clewiston, Florida, United States of America. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LZ YD. Performed the experiments: LZ. Analyzed the data: LZ WL YD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CP MI YD. Wrote the paper: LZ WL YD.