About the Authors

Baodong Wu

Affiliation Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Judit Pogany

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Hong Na

Affiliation Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Beth L. Nicholson

Affiliation Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Peter D. Nagy

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

K. Andrew White

kawhite@yorku.ca

Affiliation Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BW KAW. Performed the experiments: BW JP HN BLN. Analyzed the data: BW JP HN BLN PDN KAW. Wrote the paper: BW PDN KAW.