About the Authors

Sudarsana Poojari

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center, Prosser, Washington, United States of America

Olufemi J. Alabi

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center, Prosser, Washington, United States of America

Viacheslav Y. Fofanov

Affiliation Eureka Genomics, Sugar Land, Texas, United States of America

Rayapati A. Naidu

naidu.rayapati@wsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center, Prosser, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests to report: Viacheslav Y. Fofanov is employed by Eureka Genomics. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SP OJA RAN. Performed the experiments: SP OJA. Analyzed the data: SP OJA VYF RAN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RAN. Wrote the paper: SP OJA RAN.