About the Authors

Xiaoxiao Chang

Affiliations Department of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Linda Donnelly

Affiliation Crops Pathology and Genetic Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Davis, California, United States of America

Daoyang Sun

Affiliations Department of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Jingping Rao

dqr0723@163.com (JR); msreid@ucdavis.edu (MSR); cjiang@ucdavis.edu (CZJ)

Affiliation Department of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Michael S. Reid

dqr0723@163.com (JR); msreid@ucdavis.edu (MSR); cjiang@ucdavis.edu (CZJ)

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Cai-Zhong Jiang

dqr0723@163.com (JR); msreid@ucdavis.edu (MSR); cjiang@ucdavis.edu (CZJ)

Affiliation Crops Pathology and Genetic Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CZJ MSR XC JR. Performed the experiments: XC LD DS. Analyzed the data: XC CZJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CZJ MSR JR. Wrote the paper: XC MSR CZJ.