About the Authors

Prabin Bajgain

bajga002@umn.edu (PB); ander319@umn.edu (JAA)

Affiliations Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, 915 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States of America, Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, United States of America

Matthew N. Rouse

Affiliations United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Cereal Disease Laboratory, St. Paul, MN 55108, United States of America, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, United States of America

Toi J. Tsilo

Affiliation Agricultural Research Council – Small Grain Institute, Bethlehem, 9700, Free State, South Africa

Godwin K. Macharia

Affiliation Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), Njoro, Kenya

Sridhar Bhavani

Affiliation International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), ICRAF House, United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya

Yue Jin

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Cereal Disease Laboratory, St. Paul, MN 55108, United States of America

James A. Anderson

bajga002@umn.edu (PB); ander319@umn.edu (JAA)

Affiliation Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JA MNR YJ PB TJT SB. Performed the experiments: PB TJT MNR GKM. Analyzed the data: PB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JA. Wrote the paper: PB MNR TJT GKM SB YJ JA.