About the Authors

Giuseppe Sorrentino

Affiliation Institute for Mediterranean Agriculture and Forest Systems, National Research Council, Via Patacca 85, 80056 Ercolano (NA), Italy

Matthew Haworth

haworth@ivalsa.cnr.it

Affiliation Tree and Timber Institute, National Research Council (CNR - IVALSA), Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy

Said Wahbi

Affiliation Laboratoire de Biotechnologie et Physiologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Université Cadi Ayyad, Boulevard My Abdellah BP 2390, Marrakech, Morocco

Tariq Mahmood

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Murree Road, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Shi Zuomin

Affiliation Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Key Lab on Forest Ecology and Environmental Sciences, State Forestry Administration, Beijing, 10091, China

Mauro Centritto

Affiliation Tree and Timber Institute, National Research Council (CNR - IVALSA), Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MC. Performed the experiments: SZ SW TM MC GS. Analyzed the data: MH MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MC. Wrote the paper: MH MC.