About the Authors

Kevin M. King

Affiliations Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, School of Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Jonathan S. West

Affiliations Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Patrick C. Brunner

Affiliation Plant Pathology Group, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Paul S. Dyer

Affiliation School of Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Bruce D. L. Fitt

b.fitt@herts.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KMK JSW PSD BDLF. Performed the experiments: KMK. Analyzed the data: KMK PCB. Wrote the paper: KMK PSD BDLF. Reviewed and edited the manuscript; JSW PCB.