About the Authors

Muhammad Usman

Roles Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan, Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Muhammad Atiq

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

dratiqpp@gmail.com (MA); xia.374@osu.edu (YX)

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Nasir Ahmed Rajput

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Muhammad Sagheer

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Ye Xia

Roles Writing – review & editing

dratiqpp@gmail.com (MA); xia.374@osu.edu (YX)

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.