About the Authors

Alison M. Morse

Affiliation School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Daniel G. Peterson

Affiliation Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

M. Nurul Islam-Faridi

Affiliation Southern Institute of Forest Genetics, USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Saucier, Mississippi, United States of America

Katherine E. Smith

Affiliation Southern Institute of Forest Genetics, USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Saucier, Mississippi, United States of America

Zenaida Magbanua

Affiliation Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Saul A. Garcia

Affiliation Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Thomas L. Kubisiak

Affiliation Southern Institute of Forest Genetics, USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Saucier, Mississippi, United States of America

Henry V. Amerson

Affiliation Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

John E. Carlson

Affiliation School of Forest Resources, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

C. Dana Nelson

Affiliation Southern Institute of Forest Genetics, USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Saucier, Mississippi, United States of America

John M. Davis

jmdavis@ufl.edu

Affiliation School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMM DP TLK HVA CDN JMD. Performed the experiments: MNIF KES ZVM SAG. Analyzed the data: AMM DP JEC JMD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DP JEC CDN. Wrote the paper: AMM DP JMD. Critically edited the paper: KES ZVM SAG TLK HVA JEC CDN MNIF.