About the Authors

Dawei Zheng

Contributed equally to this work with: Dawei Zheng, Shijie Zhang

Affiliation NWAFU-PU Joint Research Center, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Shijie Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Dawei Zheng, Shijie Zhang

Affiliation NWAFU-PU Joint Research Center, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Xiaoying Zhou

zhou26@purdue.edu (XZ); jinrong@purdue.edu (JX)

Affiliation Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Chenfang Wang

Affiliation NWAFU-PU Joint Research Center, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Ping Xiang

Affiliation NWAFU-PU Joint Research Center, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Qian Zheng

Affiliation NWAFU-PU Joint Research Center, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Jin-Rong Xu

zhou26@purdue.edu (XZ); jinrong@purdue.edu (JX)

Affiliations NWAFU-PU Joint Research Center, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JX. Performed the experiments: DWZ SJZ XYZ CFW PX QZ. Wrote the paper: JX.