About the Authors

Chinnathambi Srinivasan

Contributed equally to this work with: Chinnathambi Srinivasan, Chris Dardick

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Appalachian Fruit Research Station, Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America

Chris Dardick

Contributed equally to this work with: Chinnathambi Srinivasan, Chris Dardick

chris.dardick@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Appalachian Fruit Research Station, Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America

Ann Callahan

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Appalachian Fruit Research Station, Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America

Ralph Scorza

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Appalachian Fruit Research Station, Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CS CD AC RS. Performed the experiments: CS CD AC RS. Analyzed the data: CS CD AC RS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CS CD AC RS. Wrote the paper: CD RS AC CS.