About the Authors

Juan Pan

Current address: Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Minakshi Bhardwaj

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Padmaja Nagabhyru

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Robert B. Grossman

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Christopher L. Schardl

schardl@uky.edu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JP RBG CLS. Performed the experiments: JP MB PN. Analyzed the data: JP MB PN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JP MB PN. Wrote the paper: JP RBG CLS.