About the Authors
- Sandra M. Mathioni
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Current address: Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Affiliation Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America
- Nrupali Patel
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Affiliation Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
- Bianca Riddick
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Current address: Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America
- James A. Sweigard
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Affiliation DuPont Stine Haskell Research Center, Newark, Delaware, United States of America
- Kirk J. Czymmek
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Current address: Carl Zeiss Inc, Thornwood, New York, United States of America
Affiliations Delaware Biotechnology Institute BioImaging Center, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America
- Jeffrey L. Caplan
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Affiliation Delaware Biotechnology Institute BioImaging Center, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America
- Sridhara G. Kunjeti
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Current address: DuPont Experimental Station, Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America
- Saritha Kunjeti
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Affiliation Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America
- Vidhyavathi Raman
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Affiliation Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America
- Bradley I. Hillman
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Affiliation Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
- Donald Y. Kobayashi
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* E-mail: kobayashi@aesop.rutgers.edu (DYK); ndonof@udel.edu (NMD)
Affiliation Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
- Nicole M. Donofrio
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* E-mail: kobayashi@aesop.rutgers.edu (DYK); ndonof@udel.edu (NMD)
Affiliation Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America
Competing Interests
James A. Sweigard is an employee of the Dupont Stine Haskell Research Center. The authors collaborated with Dr. Sweigard for this study, when he provided guidance, advice and teaching. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NMD DYK BIH. Performed the experiments: SMM NP JLC VR SK BR. Analyzed the data: SMM SGK NMD NP DYK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JLC KJC JAS. Wrote the manuscript: SMM NP NMD DYK.