About the Authors

Joseph Juma Mafurah

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China

Huifei Ma

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China

Meixiang Zhang

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China

Jing Xu

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China

Feng He

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China

Tingyue Ye

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China

Danyu Shen

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China

Yanyu Chen

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China

Nasir Ahmed Rajput

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China

Daolong Dou

ddou@njau.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DD. Performed the experiments: JJM HM MZ JX FH TY YC NAR. Analyzed the data: JJM MZ DS DD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FH DS NAR. Wrote the paper: JJM DD MZ. Bioinformatical analysis: DS.