About the Authors
- Susanne Schreiter
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Affiliations Julius Kühn-Institut – Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (JKI), Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Braunschweig, Germany, Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops Großbeeren/Erfurt e.V., Department Plant Health, Großbeeren, Germany
- Martin Sandmann
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Affiliation Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops Großbeeren/Erfurt e.V., Department Plant Health, Großbeeren, Germany
- Kornelia Smalla
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Affiliation Julius Kühn-Institut – Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (JKI), Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Braunschweig, Germany
- Rita Grosch
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* E-mail: grosch@igzev.de
Affiliation Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops Großbeeren/Erfurt e.V., Department Plant Health, Großbeeren, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KS RG. Performed the experiments: SS RG KS. Analyzed the data: SS RG MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KS RG SS MS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SS RG KS. Designed software used in analysis of volumetric soil water content: MS.