About the Authors

Vanessa Galli

Affiliations Center of Biotechnology and PPGBCM, Laboratory of Genomes and Plant Populations, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, Brazilian Agricultural Research – EMBRAPA, Pelotas, RS, Brazil

Frank Guzman

Affiliation PPGGBM at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Luiz F. V. de Oliveira

Affiliation Center of Biotechnology and PPGBCM, Laboratory of Genomes and Plant Populations, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Guilherme Loss-Morais

Affiliation Center of Biotechnology and PPGBCM, Laboratory of Genomes and Plant Populations, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Ana P. Körbes

Affiliation PPGGBM at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Sérgio D. A. Silva

Affiliation Brazilian Agricultural Research – EMBRAPA, Pelotas, RS, Brazil

Márcia M. A. N. Margis-Pinheiro

Affiliation PPGGBM at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Rogério Margis

rogerio.margis@ufrgs.br

Affiliations Center of Biotechnology and PPGBCM, Laboratory of Genomes and Plant Populations, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, PPGGBM at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: We want to inform that the co-author Rogerio Margis is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This fact does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VG SDAS RM. Performed the experiments: VG. Analyzed the data: VG FG LFVO GLM APK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LFVO GLM SDAS MMP RM. Wrote the paper: VG FG LFVO GLM APK RM.