About the Authors

Michael R. Weigand

Affiliation Program in Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Vinh N. Tran

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

George W. Sundin

sundin@msu.edu

Affiliations Program in Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Plant Pathology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America, Centers for Microbial Ecology and Pathogenesis, 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: MRW GWS. Performed the experiments: MRW VNT. Analyzed the data: MRW VNT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MRW VNT GWS. Wrote the paper: MRW GWS.