About the Authors

Karen V. Ambrose

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Faith C. Belanger

belanger@aesop.rutgers.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KVA FCB. Performed the experiments: KVA FCB. Analyzed the data: KVA FCB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KVA FCB. Wrote the paper: KVA FCB.