About the Authors

El-Desouky Ammar

desoukyammar@gmail.com

Affiliations United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America, University of Florida, IFAS-CREC, Lake Alfred, Florida, United States of America

John E. Ramos

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America

David G. Hall

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America

William O. Dawson

Affiliation University of Florida, IFAS-CREC, Lake Alfred, Florida, United States of America

Robert G. Shatters Jr.

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EDA DGH RGS. Performed the experiments: EDA DGH RGS. Analyzed the data: EDA JER DGH RGS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DGH WOD RGS. Wrote the paper: EDA JER DGH WOD RGS.