About the Authors

Patrik Inderbitzin

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

R. Michael Davis

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Richard M. Bostock

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Krishna V. Subbarao

kvsubbarao@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PI RMD RMB KVS. Performed the experiments: PI. Analyzed the data: PI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PI RMD RMB KVS. Wrote the paper: PI RMD RMB KVS.