About the Authors

Azeem Ahmad

Contributed equally to this work with: Azeem Ahmad, Gladys Y. Mbofung, Jyotsna Acharya, Clarice L. Schmidt

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Gladys Y. Mbofung

Contributed equally to this work with: Azeem Ahmad, Gladys Y. Mbofung, Jyotsna Acharya, Clarice L. Schmidt

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Jyotsna Acharya

Contributed equally to this work with: Azeem Ahmad, Gladys Y. Mbofung, Jyotsna Acharya, Clarice L. Schmidt

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Clarice L. Schmidt

Contributed equally to this work with: Azeem Ahmad, Gladys Y. Mbofung, Jyotsna Acharya, Clarice L. Schmidt

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Alison E. Robertson

alisonr@iastate.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AER AA GM JA. Performed the experiments: AA GM JA. Analyzed the data: GM JA CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AER CS GM JA AA. Wrote the paper: AER AA GM JA.