About the Authors

Jacob N. Barney

jnbarney@vt.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Joseph M. DiTomaso

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, 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: JNB JMD. Performed the experiments: JNB. Analyzed the data: JNB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JNB. Wrote the paper: JNB JMD.