About the Authors

Dongping Wang

Affiliation Earth and Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87544, United States of America

Jun Myoung Yu

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843–2132, United States of America

Robert J. Dorosky

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843–2132, United States of America

Leland S. Pierson III

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843–2132, United States of America

Elizabeth A. Pierson

eapierson@tamu.edu

Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843–2132, United States of America, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843–2133, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DW EAP LSP. Performed the experiments: DW JMY RJD. Analyzed the data: DW JMY RJD EAP LSP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EAP LSP. Wrote the paper: DW JMY RJD EAP LSP.