About the Authors

Chang-Jin Park

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Rebecca Bart

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Mawsheng Chern

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Patrick E. Canlas

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Wei Bai

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Pamela C. Ronald

pcronald@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJP RB PCR. Performed the experiments: CJP RB PC WB. Analyzed the data: CJP RB WB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJP MC PC. Wrote the paper: CJP RB PCR.