About the Authors

Marco Lauteri

Affiliation Institute of Agro-Environmental and Forest Biology, National Research Council, Porano, Italy

Matthew Haworth

matthew.haworth@hotmail.com

Affiliation Trees and Timber Institute (IVALSA - Istituto per la valorizzazione del legno e delle specie arboree), National Research Council, Florence, Italy

Rachid Serraj

Affiliations Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Independent Science and Partnership Council Secretariat, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Rome, Italy, International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines

Maria Cristina Monteverdi

Affiliation Forestry Research Centre, National Research Council, Arezzo, Italy

Mauro Centritto

Affiliation Trees and Timber Institute (IVALSA - Istituto per la valorizzazione del legno e delle specie arboree), National Research Council, Florence, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MC ML RS. Performed the experiments: MC ML MCM. Analyzed the data: MH MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MC ML RS. Wrote the paper: MH MC ML.