About the Authors

Thamrongjet Puttamuk

Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand, U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America

Lijuan Zhou

Affiliation U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America

Niphone Thaveechai

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

Shouan Zhang

Affiliation Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Homestead, Florida, United States of America

Cheryl M. Armstrong

Affiliation U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America

Yongping Duan

yongping.duan@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, 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: TP LZ NT SZ YD. Performed the experiments: TP LZ. Analyzed the data: TP LZ CA YD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YD. Wrote the paper: TP LZ NT SZ CA YD.