About the Authors

Dharmendra K. Singh

Current address: Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology & Environmental Microbiology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Plant Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Tatiana N. Laremore

Affiliation The Huck Institutes for the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Philip B. Smith

Affiliation The Huck Institutes for the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Siela N. Maximova

Affiliation Department of Horticulture, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Timothy W. McNellis

twm4@psu.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology & Environmental Microbiology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DKS TNL PBS SNM TWM. Performed the experiments: DKS TNL PBS TWM. Analyzed the data: DKS TNL PBS TWM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DKS TNL PBS SNM TWM. Wrote the paper: DKS TNL PBS SNM TWM.