About the Authors

Sweta Sutrave

Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Caterina Scoglio

Affiliation Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Scott A. Isard

Affiliation Departments of Plant Pathology and Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

J. M. Shawn Hutchinson

Affiliation Department of Geography, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Karen A. Garrett

kgarrett@ksu.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KAG CS SS SAI JMSH. Performed the experiments: SS. Analyzed the data: SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CS SS KAG SAI JMSH. Wrote the paper: SS KAG CS SAI JMSH.