About the Authors

Candice A. Stafford-Banks

canstafford@ucdavis.edu

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

Dorith Rotenberg

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Brian R. Johnson

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis Davis, California, United States of America

Anna E. Whitfield

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Diane E. Ullman

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CASB DEU. Performed the experiments: CASB. Analyzed the data: CASB BRJ DEU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CASB DR BRJ AEW DEU. Wrote the paper: CASB DR AEW DEU.