About the Authors

Carol Groves

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin, 1630 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, United States of America

Thomas German

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, 1630 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, United States of America

Ranjit Dasgupta

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, 1630 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, United States of America

Daren Mueller

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, 351 Bessey Hall, Ames, IA, 50011, United States of America

Damon L. Smith

damon.smith@wisc.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin, 1630 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CG TG RD DM DLS. Performed the experiments: CG TG RD. Analyzed the data: CG TG RD DM DLS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CG TG RD DM DLS. Wrote the paper: CG TG RD DM DLS. Made initial field sample collection: DM. Conducted initial experiments to identify SVNV positive seed samples: CG.