About the Authors

Zhenghe Li

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

Judit Pogany

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

Steven Tupman

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

Anthony M. Esposito

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Microbiology, and Immunology, UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Terri Goss Kinzy

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Microbiology, and Immunology, UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Peter D. Nagy

pdnagy2@uky.edu

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZL JP PDN. Performed the experiments: ZL JP ST. Analyzed the data: ZL JP TGK PDN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZL AME TGK. Wrote the paper: ZL PDN.