About the Authors

Rachel A. Mann

Affiliations Cooperative Research Centre for National Plant Biosecurity, Bruce, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Department of Botany, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America, Biosciences Research Division, Department of Primary Industries, Knoxfield, Victoria, Australia

Theo H. M. Smits

theo.smits@acw.admin.ch

Affiliation Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil ACW, Swiss National Competence Center for Fire Blight, Plant Protection Division, Wädenswil, Switzerland

Andreas Bühlmann

Affiliation Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil ACW, Swiss National Competence Center for Fire Blight, Plant Protection Division, Wädenswil, Switzerland

Jochen Blom

Affiliation CeBiTec, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

Alexander Goesmann

Affiliation CeBiTec, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

Jürg E. Frey

Affiliation Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil ACW, Swiss National Competence Center for Fire Blight, Plant Protection Division, Wädenswil, Switzerland

Kim M. Plummer

Affiliations Cooperative Research Centre for National Plant Biosecurity, Bruce, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Department of Botany, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

Steven V. Beer

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Joanne Luck

Affiliations Cooperative Research Centre for National Plant Biosecurity, Bruce, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Biosciences Research Division, Department of Primary Industries, Knoxfield, Victoria, Australia

Brion Duffy

Affiliation Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil ACW, Swiss National Competence Center for Fire Blight, Plant Protection Division, Wädenswil, Switzerland

Brendan Rodoni

Affiliations Cooperative Research Centre for National Plant Biosecurity, Bruce, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Biosciences Research Division, Department of Primary Industries, Knoxfield, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RAM THMS KMP SVB JL BD BR. Performed the experiments: RAM THMS AB JB AG JEF. Analyzed the data: RAM THMS JB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB AG JEF SVB. Wrote the paper: RAM THMS KMP SVB JL BD BR.