About the Authors

Jai S. Rohila

jai.rohila@sdstate.edu (JR); mfromm@unlnotes.unl.edu (MF)

Current address: Department of Biology & Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, United States of America

Affiliation Plant Science Initiative, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Mei Chen

Affiliation Plant Science Initiative, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Shuo Chen

Affiliation Plant Science Initiative, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Johann Chen

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

Ronald L. Cerny

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Christopher Dardick

Current address: Appalachian Fruit Research Station, USDA-ARS, Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America

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

Patrick Canlas

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

Hiroaki Fujii

Affiliation Botany & Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Michael Gribskov

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Siddhartha Kanrar

Affiliation Botany & Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Lucas Knoflicek

Affiliation Plant Science Initiative, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Becky Stevenson

Affiliation Botany & Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Mingtang Xie

Affiliation Botany & Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Xia Xu

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

Xianwu Zheng

Affiliation Botany & Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Jian-Kang Zhu

Affiliation Botany & Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Pamela Ronald

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

Michael E. Fromm

jai.rohila@sdstate.edu (JR); mfromm@unlnotes.unl.edu (MF)

Affiliation Plant Science Initiative, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JKZ PCR MEF. Performed the experiments: JSR MC SC JC RLC CD PC HF MG SK LK BS MX XX XZ. Analyzed the data: JSR RLC MEF. Wrote the paper: JSR.