About the Authors

Sophie Mantelin

Contributed equally to this work with: Sophie Mantelin, Kishor K. Bhattarai

Current address: The James Hutton Institute, Cell and Molecular Sciences Group, Invergowrie, Dundee, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Nematology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Kishor K. Bhattarai

Contributed equally to this work with: Sophie Mantelin, Kishor K. Bhattarai

Current address: Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America,

Affiliation Department of Nematology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Teraneh Z. Jhaveri

Current address: John Hopkins University, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Nematology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Isgouhi Kaloshian

isgouhi.kaloshian@ucr.edu

Affiliations Department of Nematology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America, Center for Plant Cell Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The MCP was a gift from AgroFresh Inc., and there were no restrictions attached to this gift. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM KKB IK. Performed the experiments: SM KKB TZJ. Analyzed the data: SM KKB IK. Wrote the paper: SM IK.