About the Authors

Orna Liarzi

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Agricultural Research Organization, the Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel

Einat Bar

Affiliation Newe Ya'ar Regional Research Center, Ramat Yishai, Israel

Efraim Lewinsohn

Affiliation Newe Ya'ar Regional Research Center, Ramat Yishai, Israel

David Ezra

dezra@volcani.agri.gov.il

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Agricultural Research Organization, the Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: DE OL. Formal analysis: DE OL EL EB. Funding acquisition: DE. Investigation: DE OL. Methodology: DE OL EL EB. Project administration: DE OL. Resources: DE OL. Software: EL EB. Supervision: DE. Validation: DE OL. Visualization: DE OL. Writing – original draft: DE OL. Writing – review & editing: DE OL EL EB.