About the Authors

Torsten Will

Torsten.Will@agrar.uni-giessen.de

Current address: Research Group of Applied Entomology, Department of Phytopathology and Applied Zoology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Affiliation Plant Cell Biology Research Group, Department of General Botany, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany

Kathrin Steckbauer

Affiliation Plant Cell Biology Research Group, Department of General Botany, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany

Martin Hardt

Affiliation Central Biotechnical Facility, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany

Aart J. E. van Bel

Affiliation Plant Cell Biology Research Group, Department of General Botany, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TW AvB. Performed the experiments: TW KS. Analyzed the data: TW KS MH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH. Wrote the paper: TW AvB.