About the Authors

Alberto Orgiazzi

Contributed equally to this work with: Alberto Orgiazzi, Erica Lumini

Affiliations Department of Life Science and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy, Plant Protection Institute - Turin UOS, National Research Council (CNR), Turin, Italy

Erica Lumini

Contributed equally to this work with: Alberto Orgiazzi, Erica Lumini

Affiliation Plant Protection Institute - Turin UOS, National Research Council (CNR), Turin, Italy

R. Henrik Nilsson

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Mariangela Girlanda

Affiliation Department of Life Science and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Alfredo Vizzini

Affiliation Department of Life Science and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Paola Bonfante

Affiliations Department of Life Science and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy, Plant Protection Institute - Turin UOS, National Research Council (CNR), Turin, Italy

Valeria Bianciotto

v.bianciotto@ipp.cnr.it

Affiliation Plant Protection Institute - Turin UOS, National Research Council (CNR), Turin, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EL VB PB. Performed the experiments: AO EL. Analyzed the data: AO EL RHN MG AV VB. Wrote the paper: AO EL RHN MG PB VB.