About the Authors

L. David Kuykendall

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

Jonathan Y. Shao

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

John S. Hartung

John.Hartung@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LDK JYS JSH. Performed the experiments: LDK JYS JSH. Analyzed the data: LDK JYS JSH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JYS. Wrote the paper: LDK JYS JSH.