About the Authors

Amy L. Klocko

Affiliation Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Ewa Borejsza-Wysocka

Affiliation Section of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Geneva, New York, United States of America

Amy M. Brunner

Affiliation Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Olga Shevchenko

Affiliation Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Herb Aldwinckle

Affiliation Section of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Geneva, New York, United States of America

Steven H. Strauss

steven.strauss@oregonstate.edu

Affiliation Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ALK EBW AMB OS HA SHS. Performed the experiments: ALK EBW AMB OS. Analyzed the data: ALK AMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EBW AMB HA. Wrote the paper: ALK AMB SHS.