About the Authors

Subodh K. Srivastava

Current address: Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Xiaoqiu Huang

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Hargeet K. Brar

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Ahmad M. Fakhoury

Affiliation Department of Plant, Soil Science, and Agricultural Systems, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Burton H. Bluhm

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

Madan K. Bhattacharyya

mbhattac@iastate.edu

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MKB AMF BHB. Performed the experiments: SKS XH HKB. Analyzed the data: SKS XH HKB . Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SKS HKB MKB XH. Wrote the paper: SKS XH AMF BHB MKB.