Origin of agricultural plant pathogens: Diversity and pathogenicity of Rhizoctonia fungi associated with native prairie grasses in the Sandhills of Nebraska

• Srikanth Kodati ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Srikanth Kodati, Anthony O. Adesemoye, Gary Y. Yuen, Jerry D. Volesky, Sydney E. Everhart

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Current address: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Valley Laboratory, Windsor, Connecticut, United States of America

  Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America, West Central Research and Extension Center, University of Nebraska, North Platte, Nebraska, United States of America

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• Anthony O. Adesemoye ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Srikanth Kodati, Anthony O. Adesemoye, Gary Y. Yuen, Jerry D. Volesky, Sydney E. Everhart

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation

  Current address: Terramera Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America, West Central Research and Extension Center, University of Nebraska, North Platte, Nebraska, United States of America

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• Gary Y. Yuen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Srikanth Kodati, Anthony O. Adesemoye, Gary Y. Yuen, Jerry D. Volesky, Sydney E. Everhart

  Roles Conceptualization, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

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• Jerry D. Volesky ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Srikanth Kodati, Anthony O. Adesemoye, Gary Y. Yuen, Jerry D. Volesky, Sydney E. Everhart

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation West Central Research and Extension Center, University of Nebraska, North Platte, Nebraska, United States of America

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• Sydney E. Everhart

  Contributed equally to this work with: Srikanth Kodati, Anthony O. Adesemoye, Gary Y. Yuen, Jerry D. Volesky, Sydney E. Everhart

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: everhart@unl.edu

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5773-1280

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