About the Authors

Joanne Russell

Affiliation Cell and Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Scotland, United Kingdom

Maarten van Zonneveld

Affiliation Regional Office for the Americas, Bioversity International, Cali, Colombia

Ian K. Dawson

iankdawson@aol.com

Affiliation Cell and Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Scotland, United Kingdom

Allan Booth

Affiliation Cell and Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Scotland, United Kingdom

Robbie Waugh

Affiliation Cell and Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Scotland, United Kingdom

Brian Steffenson

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JR MvZ IKD RW BS. Performed the experiments: JR IKD AB BS. Analyzed the data: JR MvZ IKD RW BS. Wrote the paper: JR MvZ IKD AB RW BS.