About the Authors

L. David Kuykendall

Affiliation Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

Jonathan Y. Shao

Affiliation Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

John S. Hartung

John.Hartung@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSH LDK. Performed the experiments: JYS. Analyzed the data: LDK JYS JSH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JYS. Wrote the paper: JSH LDK.