About the Authors

Patricia Landraud

Affiliation UMR 5240 - Microbiologie, Adaptation et Pathogénie; Université Lyon 1, CNRS, Bayer CropScience, Villeurbanne, France

Sarah Chuzeville

Affiliation UMR 5240 - Microbiologie, Adaptation et Pathogénie; Université Lyon 1, CNRS, Bayer CropScience, Villeurbanne, France

Geneviève Billon-Grande

Affiliation UMR 5240 - Microbiologie, Adaptation et Pathogénie; Université Lyon 1, CNRS, Bayer CropScience, Villeurbanne, France

Nathalie Poussereau

Affiliation UMR 5240 - Microbiologie, Adaptation et Pathogénie; Université Lyon 1, CNRS, Bayer CropScience, Villeurbanne, France

Christophe Bruel

christophe.bruel@univ-lyon1.fr

Affiliation UMR 5240 - Microbiologie, Adaptation et Pathogénie; Université Lyon 1, CNRS, Bayer CropScience, Villeurbanne, France

Competing Interests

Part of the experiments were funded by Bayer CropScience. The authors are affiliated to UMR 5240 Microbiologie, Adaptation et Pathogénie; Université Lyon 1, CNRS, Bayer CropScience, Villeurbanne. 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: PL GBG CB. Performed the experiments: PL SC GBG. Analyzed the data: PL GBG CB. Wrote the paper: PL NP CB.