About the Authors

Nik J. Cunniffe

Contributed equally to this work with: Nik J. Cunniffe, Francisco F. Laranjeira

njc1001@cam.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Francisco F. Laranjeira

Contributed equally to this work with: Nik J. Cunniffe, Francisco F. Laranjeira

Affiliation Embrapa Cassava and Fruits, Cruz das Almas, Brazil

Franco M. Neri

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

R. Erik DeSimone

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Christopher A. Gilligan

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NJC FFL RED FMN CAG. Performed the experiments: NJC FFL FMN RED. Analyzed the data: NJC FFL FMN RED. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NJC FMN FFL RED. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: NJC FFL RED FMN CAG.