About the Authors

Panagiotis F. Sarris

sarrispanos@science.agrool.gr

Current address: The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom

Affiliations Department of Plant Sciences, School of Agricultural Technology, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Heraklion, Greece, Department of Biology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

Emmanouil A. Trantas

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, School of Agricultural Technology, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

David A. Baltrus

Affiliation School of Plant Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Carolee T. Bull

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service, Salinas, California, United States of America

William Patrick Wechter

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Shuangchun Yan

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Filippos Ververidis

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, School of Agricultural Technology, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

Nalvo F. Almeida

Affiliation School of Computing, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Corbin D. Jones

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Jeffery L. Dangl

Affiliations Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Carolina Center for Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Nickolas J. Panopoulos

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece, Professor Emeritus, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece and University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Boris A. Vinatzer

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Dimitrios E. Goumas

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, School of Agricultural Technology, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

Competing Interests

Boris A. Vinatzer is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. However, this does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PFS CDJ JLD BAV. Performed the experiments: PFS EAT DAB WPW SY NFA. Analyzed the data: PFS EAT DAB CTB SY JLD NJP BAV NFA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FV CDJ JLD BAV DEG. Wrote the paper: PFS EAT DAB CTB NJP BAV.