About the Authors

Saroj Poudel

Affiliations Department of Computer Science, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America, Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Niranjan Aryal

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Chaofu Lu

clu@montana.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CL. Performed the experiments: NA SP CL. Analyzed the data: CL SP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CL SP. Wrote the paper: CL SP NA.