About the Authors

Donald R. McCarty

drm@ufl.edu

Affiliation Horticultural Sciences Department, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Sue Latshaw

Affiliation Horticultural Sciences Department, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Shan Wu

Affiliation Horticultural Sciences Department, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Masaharu Suzuki

Affiliation Horticultural Sciences Department, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Charles T. Hunter

Affiliation Horticultural Sciences Department, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Wayne T. Avigne

Affiliation Horticultural Sciences Department, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Karen E. Koch

Affiliation Horticultural Sciences Department, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Genetics Institute, 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: DRM KEK. Performed the experiments: DRM SL SW MS CH WA. Analyzed the data: DRM KEK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DRM MS CH WA KEK. Wrote the paper: DRM KEK. Designed software used in analysis: DRM.