About the Authors

Caroline S. Moffat

Affiliations School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham Centre for Crop Improvement Technology, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom, Department of Environment and Agriculture, Australian Centre for Necrotrophic Fungal Pathogens, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

Robert A. Ingle

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

Deepthi L. Wathugala

Affiliations School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham Centre for Crop Improvement Technology, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom, Department of Crop Science, University of Ruhuna, Kamburupitiya, Sri Lanka

Nigel J. Saunders

Affiliation Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Heather Knight

Affiliation School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham Centre for Crop Improvement Technology, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

Marc R. Knight

m.r.knight@durham.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham Centre for Crop Improvement Technology, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CSM RAI HK MRK. Performed the experiments: CSM RAI DLW HK. Analyzed the data: CSM RAI HK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RAI NJS MRK. Wrote the paper: CSM.