About the Authors

Hun Kim

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

John B. Ridenour

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

Larry D. Dunkle

Affiliation Crop Production and Pest Control Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Burton H. Bluhm

bbluhm@uark.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BHB HK JBR LDD. Performed the experiments: HK BHB. Analyzed the data: BHB HK JBR. Wrote the paper: HK BHB JBR LDD. Originated research leading up to this paper and provided guidance and review: LDD BHB.