About the Authors

Christopher L. Schardl

Schardl@uky.edu

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

Carolyn A. Young

Affiliation Forage Improvement Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States of America

Uljana Hesse

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

Stefan G. Amyotte

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

Kalina Andreeva

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

Patrick J. Calie

Affiliation Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America

Damien J. Fleetwood

Affiliation AgResearch Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

David C. Haws

Affiliation Statistics Department, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Neil Moore

Affiliation Computer Science Department, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Birgitt Oeser

Affiliation Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Daniel G. Panaccione

Affiliation Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Kathryn K. Schweri

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

Christine R. Voisey

Affiliation Grasslands Research Centre, AgResearch, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Mark L. Farman

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

Jerzy W. Jaromczyk

Affiliation Computer Science Department, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Bruce A. Roe

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Stephenson Research and Technology Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Donal M. O'Sullivan

Affiliation The John Bingham Laboratory, National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Barry Scott

Affiliation Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Paul Tudzynski

Affiliation Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Zhiqiang An

Affiliation Texas Therapeutics Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Elissaveta G. Arnaoudova

Affiliation Computer Science Department, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Charles T. Bullock

Affiliation Computer Science Department, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Nikki D. Charlton

Affiliation Forage Improvement Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States of America

Li Chen

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

Murray Cox

Affiliation Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Randy D. Dinkins

Affiliation Forage-Animal Production Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Simona Florea

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

Anthony E. Glenn

Affiliation Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, Richard B. Russell Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Anna Gordon

Affiliation The John Bingham Laboratory, National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Ulrich Güldener

Affiliation Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany

Daniel R. Harris

Affiliation Computer Science Department, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Walter Hollin

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

Jolanta Jaromczyk

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

Richard D. Johnson

Affiliation Grasslands Research Centre, AgResearch, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Anar K. Khan

Affiliation Invermay Agricultural Centre, Mosgiel, New Zealand

Eckhard Leistner

Affiliation Institut fuer Pharmazeutische Biologie, Universitaet Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Adrian Leuchtmann

Affiliation Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Chunjie Li

Affiliation College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

JinGe Liu

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

Jinze Liu

Affiliation Computer Science Department, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Miao Liu

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

Wade Mace

Affiliation Grasslands Research Centre, AgResearch, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Caroline Machado

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

Padmaja Nagabhyru

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

Juan Pan

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

Jan Schmid

Affiliation Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Koya Sugawara

Affiliation Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Nasushiobara, Tochigi, Japan

Ulrike Steiner

Affiliation Institut fuer Pharmazeutische Biologie, Universitaet Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Johanna E. Takach

Affiliation Forage Improvement Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States of America

Eiji Tanaka

Affiliation Ishikawa Prefectural University, Suematsu, Nonoichi, Ishikawa, Japan

Jennifer S. Webb

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

Ella V. Wilson

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

Jennifer L. Wiseman

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

Ruriko Yoshida

Affiliation Statistics Department, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Zheng Zeng

Affiliation Computer Science Department, 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: Christopher L Schardl, Carolyn A Young, Uljana Hesse, Mark L Farman, Jerzy W Jaromczyk, Donal M O'Sullivan, Barry Scott, Paul Tudzynski. Performed the experiments: Christopher L Schardl, Carolyn A Young, Uljana Hesse, Kalina Andreeva, Jennifer S Webb, Jan Schmid, Patrick J Calie, Mark L Farman, Jennifer L Wiseman, Wade Mace, Kathryn K Schweri, Koya Sugawara, JinGe Liu. Analyzed the data: Christopher L Schardl, Carolyn A Young, Uljana Hesse, Stefan G Amyotte, Kalina Andreeva, Patrick J Calie, Damien J Fleetwood, David C Haws, Neil Moore, Birgitt Oeser, Christine R Voisey, Mark L Farman, Daniel G Panaccione, Barry Scott, Elissaveta G Arnaoudova, Charles T Bullock, Li Chen, Randy D Dinkins, Simona Florea, Daniel R Harris, Jolanta Jaromczyk, Jinze Liu, Miao Liu, Caroline Machado, Padmaja Nagabhyru, Juan Pan, Kathryn K Schweri, Ella V Wilson, Zheng Zeng, Nikki D Charlton, Johanna E Takach, Murray Cox, Jan Schmid, Zhiqiang An, Richard D Johnson, Anar K Khan, Ulrich Güldener, Anna Gordon. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Christopher L Schardl, Walter Hollin, Barry Scott, Paul Tudzynski, Jinze Liu, Ruriko Yoshida, Anthony E Glenn, Eckhard Leistner, Ulrike Steiner, Adrian Leuchtmann, Chunjie Li, Eiji Tanaka, Bruce A Roe. Wrote the paper: Christopher L Schardl, Carolyn A Young.