About the Authors

David E. L. Cooke

Contributed equally to this work with: David E. L. Cooke, Liliana M. Cano

david.cooke@hutton.ac.uk (DELC); sophien.kamoun@tsl.ac.uk (SK)

Affiliation The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, United Kingdom

Liliana M. Cano

Contributed equally to this work with: David E. L. Cooke, Liliana M. Cano

Affiliation The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom

Sylvain Raffaele

Affiliation The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom

Ruairidh A. Bain

Affiliation SAC, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Louise R. Cooke

Affiliation Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Belfast, United Kingdom

Graham J. Etherington

Affiliation The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom

Kenneth L. Deahl

Affiliation USDA-ARS/PSI-GIFVL, BARC-West, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

Rhys A. Farrer

Affiliation The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom

Eleanor M. Gilroy

Affiliation The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, United Kingdom

Erica M. Goss

Affiliations Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory, USDA ARS, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute & Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Niklaus J. Grünwald

Affiliation Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory, USDA ARS, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Ingo Hein

Affiliation The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, United Kingdom

Daniel MacLean

Affiliation The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom

James W. McNicol

Affiliation Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, United Kingdom

Eva Randall

Affiliation The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, United Kingdom

Ricardo F. Oliva

Affiliations The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom, Escuela Politecnica del Ejercito, Sangolquí, Ecuador

Mathieu A. Pel

Affiliation Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, Wageningen, The Netherlands

David S. Shaw

Affiliation The Sarvari Research Trust, Henfaes Research Centre, Abergwyngregyn, Llanfairfechan, United Kingdom

Julie N. Squires

Affiliation The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, United Kingdom

Moray C. Taylor

Affiliation Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, York, United Kingdom

Vivianne G. A. A. Vleeshouwers

Affiliation Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Paul R. J. Birch

Affiliations The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, United Kingdom, Division of Plant Sciences, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee at The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, United Kingdom

Alison K. Lees

Affiliation The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, United Kingdom

Sophien Kamoun

david.cooke@hutton.ac.uk (DELC); sophien.kamoun@tsl.ac.uk (SK)

Affiliation The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

R.F. Oliva and S. Kamoun have received funding from BASF Plant Science. This does not alter our adherence to all PLoS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: D. Cooke, L. Cano, S. Rafaelle, R. Bain, R. Farrer, E. Gilroy, R. Oliva, P. Birch, A. Lees, S. Kamoun. Performed the experiments: D. Cooke, L. Cano, S. Rafaelle, R. Farrer, E. Gilroy, I. Hein, E. Randall, R. Oliva, J. Squires, A. Lees, S. Kamoun. Analyzed the data: D. Cooke, L. Cano, S. Rafaelle, L. Cooke, K. Deahl, R. Farrer, E. Gilroy, E. Goss, N. Grünwald, J. McNicol, R. Oliva, D. Shaw, J. Squires, A. Lees, S. Kamoun. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: L. Cooke, K. Deahl, R. Farrer, E. Goss, N. Grünwald, I. Hein, G. Etherington, D. MacLean, R. Oliva, M. Pel, D. Shaw, M. Taylor, V. Vleeshouwers. Wrote the paper: D. Cooke, L. Cano, S. Rafaelle, P. Birch, A. Lees, S. Kamoun. Contributed equally as first authors: D. Cooke, L. Cano.