About the Authors

Marcelo M. Zerillo

mzerillo@colostate.edu

Affiliation Colorado State University, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Bishwo N. Adhikari

Affiliation Michigan State University, Department of Plant Biology, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

John P. Hamilton

Affiliation Michigan State University, Department of Plant Biology, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

C. Robin Buell

Affiliation Michigan State University, Department of Plant Biology, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

C. André Lévesque

Affiliations Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ned Tisserat

Affiliation Colorado State University, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MMZ CRB CAL NT. Performed the experiments: MMZ. Analyzed the data: MMZ CAL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BNA CAL. Wrote the paper: MMZ NT. Performed genome sequencing and gene prediction: BNA JPH.