About the Authors

Rebecca Lyon

Affiliation Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

James Correll

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

Chunda Feng

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

Burt Bluhm

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

Sandesh Shrestha

Affiliation Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Ainong Shi

Affiliation Department of Horticulture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

Kurt Lamour

klamour@utk.edu

Affiliation Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RL JC CF BB KL. Performed the experiments: RL JC CF AS SS KL. Analyzed the data: RL AS KL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JC KL AS. Wrote the paper: RL JC CF AS KL.