About the Authors

Ruoxi Chen

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Inderjit K. Barphagha

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Hari S. Karki

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Jong Hyun Ham

jham@agcenter.lsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JHH RC. Performed the experiments: RC IKB HSK. Analyzed the data: JHH RC IKB HSK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IKB RC. Wrote the paper: JHH RC.