About the Authors

Sophie Mallez

sophie.mallez@sophia.inra.fr

Affiliations INRA, UMR 1355 Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, Equipe Biologie des Populations Introduites, Sophia Antipolis, France, INRA, UMR 1355 Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, Equipe Interactions Plantes-Nématodes, Sophia Antipolis, France, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, UMR Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, Sophia Antipolis, France, CNRS, UMR 7254 Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, Sophia Antipolis, France

Chantal Castagnone

Affiliations INRA, UMR 1355 Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, Equipe Interactions Plantes-Nématodes, Sophia Antipolis, France, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, UMR Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, Sophia Antipolis, France, CNRS, UMR 7254 Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, Sophia Antipolis, France

Margarida Espada

Affiliation NemaLab/ICAAM – Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Universidade de Évora - Núcleo da Mitra, Évora, Portugal

Paulo Vieira

Affiliation NemaLab/ICAAM – Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Universidade de Évora - Núcleo da Mitra, Évora, Portugal

Jonathan D. Eisenback

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Manuel Mota

Affiliation NemaLab/ICAAM – Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Universidade de Évora - Núcleo da Mitra, Évora, Portugal

Thomas Guillemaud

Affiliations INRA, UMR 1355 Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, Equipe Biologie des Populations Introduites, Sophia Antipolis, France, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, UMR Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, Sophia Antipolis, France, CNRS, UMR 7254 Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, Sophia Antipolis, France

Philippe Castagnone-Sereno

Affiliations INRA, UMR 1355 Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, Equipe Interactions Plantes-Nématodes, Sophia Antipolis, France, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, UMR Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, Sophia Antipolis, France, CNRS, UMR 7254 Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, Sophia Antipolis, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the sampling: ME PV JE MM. Performed the experiments: SM CC ME PV JE. Analyzed the data: SM TG PCS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CC JE MM. Wrote the paper: SM TG PCS.