About the Authors

Bishwo N. Adhikari

Contributed equally to this work with: Bishwo N. Adhikari, Elizabeth A. Savory

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Elizabeth A. Savory

Contributed equally to this work with: Bishwo N. Adhikari, Elizabeth A. Savory

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Brieanne Vaillancourt

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Kevin L. Childs

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

John P. Hamilton

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Brad Day

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

C. Robin Buell

buell@msu.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ES BD CRB. Performed the experiments: BA ES. Analyzed the data: BV KLC JH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BD CRB. Wrote the paper: BA ES BD CRB.