About the Authors

Martha Malapi-Wight

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Jonathon Smith

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

Jacquelyn Campbell

Affiliation Bioenvironmental Sciences Program, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Burton H. Bluhm

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

Won-Bo Shim

wbshim@neo.tamu.edu

Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Bioenvironmental Sciences Program, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MMW BHB WBS. Performed the experiments: MMW JS JC. Analyzed the data: MMW JS JC BHB WBS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BHB WBS. Wrote the paper: MMW JS BHB WBS.