About the Authors

Ashraf S. A. El-Sayed

gsali@ufl.edu (GSA); Ashrafzu@ufl.edu (AES)

Affiliations Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, 44519, Zagazig, Egypt, Mid-Florida Research and Education Center, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Apopka, Florida 32703, United States of America

Marwa A. Yassin

Affiliation Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, 44519, Zagazig, Egypt

Gul Shad Ali

gsali@ufl.edu (GSA); Ashrafzu@ufl.edu (AES)

Affiliation Mid-Florida Research and Education Center, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Apopka, Florida 32703, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AES GSA. Performed the experiments: AES MY. Analyzed the data: AES GSA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MY. Wrote the paper: AES GSA.