About the Authors

Ruqian Qin

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America

Jared M. LeBoldus

jared.leboldus@ndsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL. Performed the experiments: RQ. Analyzed the data: JL RQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL RQ. Wrote the paper: JL RQ.