About the Authors

Lara Danielsen

Affiliation Department of Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, Büsgen-Institute, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Gertrud Lohaus

Current address: Department of Molecular Plant Sciences, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany

Affiliation Department of Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, Büsgen-Institute, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Anke Sirrenberg

Affiliation Department of Molecular Phytopathology and Mycotoxin Research, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Petr Karlovsky

Affiliation Department of Molecular Phytopathology and Mycotoxin Research, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Catherine Bastien

Affiliation INRA, UR0588 Amélioration, Génétique et Physiologie Forestières, CS 40001 Ardon, Orléans, France

Gilles Pilate

Affiliation INRA, UR0588 Amélioration, Génétique et Physiologie Forestières, CS 40001 Ardon, Orléans, France

Andrea Polle

apolle@gwdg.de

Affiliation Department of Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, Büsgen-Institute, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LD CB GP AP. Performed the experiments: LD GL AS PK. Analyzed the data: LD GL AS PK CB GP AP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LD GL AS PK CB GP AP. Wrote the paper: LD GL AS PK CB GP AP.