About the Authors

Patrik Inderbitzin

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

Richard M. Bostock

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

R. Michael Davis

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

Toshiyuki Usami

Affiliation Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University, Matsudo, Chiba, Japan

Harold W. Platt

Affiliation Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Charlottetown Research Centre, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Krishna V. Subbarao

kvsubbarao@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: PI RMB RMD KVS. Performed the experiments: PI. Analyzed the data: PI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PI RMB RMD TU HWP KVS. Wrote the paper: PI RMB RMD TU HWP KVS.