About the Authors

Young-Su Seo

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Mawsheng Chern

Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, The Joint Bioenergy Institute, Emeryville, California, United States of America

Laura E. Bartley

Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, The Joint Bioenergy Institute, Emeryville, California, United States of America

Muho Han

Affiliation Plant Metabolism Research Center and Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Korea

Ki-Hong Jung

Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, The Joint Bioenergy Institute, Emeryville, California, United States of America, Department of Plant Molecular Systems Biotechnology and Crop Biotech Institute, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Korea

Insuk Lee

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Harkamal Walia

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Todd Richter

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Xia Xu

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Peijian Cao

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Wei Bai

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Rajeshwari Ramanan

Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Plant Sciences, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India

Fawn Amonpant

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Loganathan Arul

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Patrick E. Canlas

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Randy Ruan

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Chang-Jin Park

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Xuewei Chen

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Sohyun Hwang

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Jong-Seong Jeon

Affiliation Plant Metabolism Research Center and Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Korea

Pamela C. Ronald

pcronald@ucdavis.edu

Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, The Joint Bioenergy Institute, Emeryville, California, United States of America, Plant Metabolism Research Center and Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Y-S Seo, M Chern, PC Ronald. Performed the experiments: Y-S Seo, M Chern, M Han, T Richter, X Xu, K-H Jung, LE Bartley, H Walia, W Bai, R Ramanan, X Chen, F Amonpant, L Arul, R Ruan, P Cao, PE Canlas. Analyzed the data: LE Bartley, K-H Jung, P Cao, I Lee, Y-S Seo, S Hwang. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: I Lee, P Cao, C-J Park, J-S Jeon. Wrote the paper: Y-S Seo, LE Bartley, M Chern, K-H Jung, H Walia, PC Ronald.