About the Authors
- Sudeep Bag
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Contributed equally to this work with: Sudeep Bag, Neena Mitter
Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Neena Mitter
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Contributed equally to this work with: Sudeep Bag, Neena Mitter
Affiliation Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
- Sahar Eid
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Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Hanu R. Pappu
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* E-mail: hrp@wsu.edu
Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
Competing Interests
This study was funded in part by the National Onion Association of the USA. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HRP NM SB. Performed the experiments: SB SE. Analyzed the data: SB HRP NM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SB HRP NM SE. Wrote the paper: SB HRP NM.