About the Authors

Kishore Chittem

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Luis.delRioMendoza@ndsu.edu (LdR); Kishore.Chittem@ndsu.edu (KC)

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America

William R. Yajima

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America

Rubella S. Goswami

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America, USDA-APHIS, Riverdale, Maryland, United States of America

Luis E. del Río Mendoza

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Luis.delRioMendoza@ndsu.edu (LdR); Kishore.Chittem@ndsu.edu (KC)

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.