Bacterial diversity and composition on the rinds of specific melon cultivars and hybrids from across different growing regions in the United States

• Madison Goforth,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States of America, USDA National Center of Excellence for Melon at the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center of Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America

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• Victoria Obergh,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States of America, USDA National Center of Excellence for Melon at the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center of Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9030-8695

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• Richard Park,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States of America, USDA National Center of Excellence for Melon at the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center of Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America

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• Martin Porchas,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations USDA National Center of Excellence for Melon at the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center of Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America, Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture, University of Arizona, Yuma, AZ, United States of America

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• Kevin M. Crosby,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations USDA National Center of Excellence for Melon at the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center of Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America, Vegetable & Fruit Improvement Center, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America

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• John L. Jifon,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations USDA National Center of Excellence for Melon at the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center of Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America, Vegetable & Fruit Improvement Center, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Weslaco, TX, United States of America

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• Sadhana Ravishankar,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States of America, USDA National Center of Excellence for Melon at the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center of Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America

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• Paul Brierley,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations USDA National Center of Excellence for Melon at the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center of Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America, Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture, University of Arizona, Yuma, AZ, United States of America

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• Daniel L. Leskovar,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations USDA National Center of Excellence for Melon at the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center of Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America, Vegetable & Fruit Improvement Center, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Texas A&M System, Uvalde, TX, United States of America

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• Thomas A. Turini,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations USDA National Center of Excellence for Melon at the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center of Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America, University of California Cooperative Extension, Fresno, CA, United States of America

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• Jonathan Schultheis,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations USDA National Center of Excellence for Melon at the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center of Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America, Department of Horticultural Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States of America

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• Timothy Coolong,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations USDA National Center of Excellence for Melon at the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center of Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America, Department of Horticulture, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States of America

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• Rhonda Miller,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations USDA National Center of Excellence for Melon at the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center of Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America, Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America

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• Hisashi Koiwa,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations USDA National Center of Excellence for Melon at the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center of Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America, Vegetable & Fruit Improvement Center, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America

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• Bhimanagouda S. Patil,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations USDA National Center of Excellence for Melon at the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center of Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America, Vegetable & Fruit Improvement Center, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America

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• Margarethe A. Cooper,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States of America

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• Steven Huynh,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Produce Safety and Microbiology, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Albany, CA, United States of America

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• Craig T. Parker,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Produce Safety and Microbiology, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Albany, CA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7719-8882

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• Wenjing Guan,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations USDA National Center of Excellence for Melon at the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center of Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Weslaco, TX, United States of America, Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center, Vincennes, IN, United States of America

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• Kerry K. Cooper

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kcooper@arizona.edu

  Affiliations USDA National Center of Excellence for Melon at the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center of Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America, Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture, University of Arizona, Yuma, AZ, United States of America, BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4541-1324

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