About the Authors

David Johnston-Monje

Affiliation Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Manish N. Raizada

Raizada@uoguelph.ca

Affiliation Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Designed the experiments: DJM. Carried out all sampling, lab work, and data analysis: DJM. Wrote the manuscript: DJM. Funded the work: MNR. Participated in design and coordination of the study: MNR. Helped write the manuscript: MNR. Read and approved the final manuscript: DJM MNR.