About the Authors

Ganyu Gu

ggu@ufl.edu (GG); ahcvanbruggen@ufl.edu (AHCvB)

Affiliation Emerging Pathogens Institute and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Jiahuai Hu

Affiliation Emerging Pathogens Institute and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Juan M. Cevallos-Cevallos

Affiliation Emerging Pathogens Institute and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Susanna M. Richardson

Affiliation Emerging Pathogens Institute and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Jerry A. Bartz

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Ariena H. C. van Bruggen

ggu@ufl.edu (GG); ahcvanbruggen@ufl.edu (AHCvB)

Affiliation Emerging Pathogens Institute and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GG JH JAB AHCvB. Performed the experiments: GG JH JMC-C SMR. Analyzed the data: GG JH JMC-C. Wrote the paper: GG JH AHCvB.