About the Authors

Bishnu K. Shrestha

Current address: Citrus Research and Education Center, Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, Florida, 33850, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, United States of America

Hari Sharan Karki

Current address: The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7RG, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, United States of America

Donald E. Groth

Affiliation Rice Research Station, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Rayne, Louisiana, 70578, United States of America

Nootjarin Jungkhun

Affiliation Chiang Rai Rice Research Center, Bureau of Rice Research and Development, Rice Department, 474 Moo 9, Phaholyothin Rd., Muang Phan, Phan, Chiang Rai, 57120, Thailand

Jong Hyun Ham

jham@agcenter.lsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BKS JHH. Performed the experiments: BKS HSK DEG NJ JHH. Analyzed the data: BKS JHH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BKS JHH. Wrote the paper: BKS JHH.