About the Authors

Saskia Floerl

Affiliation Department of Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, Büsgen-Institute, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany

Andrzej Majcherczyk

Affiliation Department of Molecular Wood Biotechnology and Technical Mycology, Büsgen-Institute, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany

Mareike Possienke

Affiliation Department of Plant Biochemistry, Albrecht von Haller Institute, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany

Kirstin Feussner

Affiliation Department of Plant Biochemistry, Albrecht von Haller Institute, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany

Hella Tappe

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Physiology of Plants, Albrecht von Haller Institute, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany

Christiane Gatz

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Physiology of Plants, Albrecht von Haller Institute, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany

Ivo Feussner

Affiliation Department of Plant Biochemistry, Albrecht von Haller Institute, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany

Ursula Kües

Affiliation Department of Molecular Wood Biotechnology and Technical Mycology, Büsgen-Institute, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany

Andrea Polle

apolle@gwdg.de

Affiliation Department of Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, Büsgen-Institute, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AP. Performed the experiments: SF AM MP KF CG HT. Analyzed the data: AP SF AM MP KF IF UK CG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AP SF AM MP KF IF UK CG HT. Wrote the paper: AP SF AM MP KF IF UK CG.