About the Authors

Aaron E. Walworth

Affiliation Plant Biotechnology Resource and Outreach Center, Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Benli Chai

Affiliation Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Guo-qing Song

songg@msu.edu

Affiliation Plant Biotechnology Resource and Outreach Center, Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GS. Performed the experiments: GS AW. Analyzed the data: GS AW BC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GS AW.