Thakur, Shallu https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0983-0580
Sabharwal, Prerna
Shrestha, Swati
Fu, Yuqing
Diaz, Alicia Vega
Quevedo, Leoernando
Zhang, Shouan
Meru, Geoffrey https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3021-7660
Funding for this research was provided by:
United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Marketing Service through Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (AWD11715; 2022–2024)
Article History
Received: 6 October 2025
Accepted: 18 May 2026
First Online: 10 June 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The plant materials used in this study (tomato and squash genotypes) were obtained from commercial seed companies and were cultivated under controlled greenhouse conditions. No wild/ cultivated plant material was used. No specific permits or licenses were required for the use of these materials.