About the Authors

Salme Timmusk

salme.timmusk@slu.se

Affiliation Dept. of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Uppsala BioCenter, SLU, Uppsala, Sweden

Islam A. Abd El-Daim

Affiliation Dept. of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Uppsala BioCenter, SLU, Uppsala, Sweden

Lucian Copolovici

Affiliation Dept. of Plant Physiology, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia

Triin Tanilas

Affiliation Dept. of Plant Physiology, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia

Astrid Kännaste

Affiliation Dept. of Plant Physiology, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia

Lawrence Behers

Affiliation Dept. of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Uppsala BioCenter, SLU, Uppsala, Sweden

Eviatar Nevo

Affiliation Institute of Evolution, The University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

Gulaim Seisenbaeva

Affiliation Dept. of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Uppsala BioCenter, SLU, Uppsala, Sweden

Elna Stenström

Affiliation Dept. of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Uppsala BioCenter, SLU, Uppsala, Sweden

Ülo Niinemets

Affiliations Dept. of Plant Physiology, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia, Estonian Academy of Sciences, Tallinn, Estonia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ST ÜN LB IED LC GS. Performed the experiments: ST IED LC TT GS. Analyzed the data: ST ÜN IED LB LC AK GS ES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ST ÜN LB EN GS. Wrote the paper: ST ÜN LB IED LC.