About the Authors

Zhongmeng Bao

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

Paul V. Stodghill

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Christopher R. Myers

Affiliation Department of Physics, Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Hanh Lam

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

Hai-Lei Wei

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

Suma Chakravarthy

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

Brian H. Kvitko

Affiliation MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Alan Collmer

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

Samuel W. Cartinhour

Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Peter Schweitzer

Affiliation Biotechnology Resource Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Bryan Swingle

Bryan.Swingle@ars.usda.gov

Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZB PVS CRM HL SWC BS SC. Performed the experiments: ZB HL PS. Analyzed the data: BHK SWC PVS CRM AC BS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AC HL PS SWC HL HLW SC BHK. Wrote the paper: BS CRM PS ZB.