About the Authors

Bishwo N. Adhikari

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

John P. Hamilton

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Marcelo M. Zerillo

Affiliation Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Ned Tisserat

Affiliation Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

C. André Lévesque

Affiliation Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

C. Robin Buell

buell@msu.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CRB NT CAL. Performed the experiments: BNA JPH CRB MZ CAL NT. Analyzed the data: BNA JPH MMZ CAL CRB NT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BNA JPH MMZ CAL CRB NT. Wrote the paper: BNA JPH MMZ CAL CRB NT.