About the Authors

Ulrike Siegmund

Affiliation Institut fuer Biologie und Biotechnologie der Pflanzen, Westfaelische Wilhelms Universitaet Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Jens Heller

Affiliation Institut fuer Biologie und Biotechnologie der Pflanzen, Westfaelische Wilhelms Universitaet Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Jan A. L. van Kann

Affiliation Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Paul Tudzynski

tudzyns@uni-muenster.de

Affiliation Institut fuer Biologie und Biotechnologie der Pflanzen, Westfaelische Wilhelms Universitaet Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: US JH JvK PT. Performed the experiments: US JH JvK. Analyzed the data: US JH JvK PT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: US JH JvK PT. Wrote the paper: US JH PT.