About the Authors

Takao Kasuga

Affiliation Crops Pathology and Genetics Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service, Davis, California, United States of America

Melina Kozanitas

Affiliation Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Mai Bui

Affiliation Crops Pathology and Genetics Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service, Davis, California, United States of America

Daniel Hüberli

Current address: Crop Protection, Department of Agriculture and Food, South Perth, Australia

Affiliation Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

David M. Rizzo

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Matteo Garbelotto

matteog@berkeley.edu

Affiliation Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TK DMR MG DH. Performed the experiments: TK MK MB DH. Analyzed the data: TK MK MB DH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TK DMR MG. Wrote the paper: TK DMR DH MG.