About the Authors

Donato Gerin

Affiliation Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, Section of Plant Pathology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy

Rita M. De Miccolis Angelini

ritamilvia.demiccolisangelini@uniba.it

Affiliation Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, Section of Plant Pathology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy

Stefania Pollastro

Affiliation Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, Section of Plant Pathology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy

Francesco Faretra

Affiliation Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, Section of Plant Pathology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DG RMDMA SP FF. Performed the experiments: DG RMDMA SP FF. Analyzed the data: DG RMDMA SP FF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DG RMDMA SP FF. Wrote the paper: DG RMDMA SP FF. Revised and approved the final manuscript: DG RMDMA SP FF.