About the Authors

Sang-Ic Kim

Affiliation USDA-ARS Crops Pathology and Genetics Research Unit, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Thomas H. Tai

Thomas.Tai@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation USDA-ARS Crops Pathology and Genetics Research Unit, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: THT SIK. Performed the experiments: SIK. Analyzed the data: SIK THT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: THT. Wrote the paper: THT SIK.