About the Authors
- Andreas Westphal
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* E-mail: andreas.westphal@jki.bund.de
Affiliations Julius Kühn-Institut, Institute for Plant Protection in Field Crops and Grassland, Braunschweig, Germany, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
- Chunge Li
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Affiliations Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Lijuan Xing
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Affiliations Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Marrone Bio Innovations Inc., Davis, California, United States of America
- Alan McKay
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Affiliation South Australian Research and Development Institute, Plant Research Centre, Urrbrae, South Australia, Australia
- Dean Malvick
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Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
Competing Interests
Lijuan Xing worked at Marrone Bio Innovations at the time of submission of this manuscript. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AW CL LX AM DM. Performed the experiments: AW CL LX AM DM. Analyzed the data: AW CL DM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AW AM DM. Wrote the paper: AW DM. Contributed to writing sections of the manuscript and approved of submission of the overall manuscript: CL LX AM.