About the Authors

Jane E. Stewart

jestewart@wsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Masato Kawabe

Current address: Research Team for Detection of Plant Pathogens and Nematodes, National Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Zaid Abdo

Affiliation Departments of Mathematics and Statistics and Initiative of Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Tsutomu Arie

Affiliation Institute of Symbiotic Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and technology (TUAT), Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan

Tobin L. Peever

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TLP JES MK. Performed the experiments: MK JES. Analyzed the data: JES ZA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TLP JES. Wrote the paper: JES TLP MK TA.