About the Authors

Jon Menke

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Jakob Weber

Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, Molekulare Phytopathologie, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Karen Broz

Affiliation USDA ARS Cereal Disease Laboratory, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

H. Corby Kistler

hckist@umn.edu

Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, USDA ARS Cereal Disease Laboratory, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM JW KB HCK. Performed the experiments: JM JW KB. Analyzed the data: JM JW KB HCK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JM KB. Wrote the paper: JM JW KB HCK.