Physical characteristics of soil-biodegradable and nonbiodegradable plastic mulches impact conidial splash dispersal of Botrytis cinerea

• Xuechun Wang,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Horticulture, Washington State University, Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center, Mount Vernon, Washington, United States of America

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• Chakradhar Mattupalli,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center, Mount Vernon, Washington, United States of America

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• Gary Chastagner,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Puyallup Research and Extension Center, Puyallup, Washington, United States of America

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• Lydia Tymon,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Puyallup Research and Extension Center, Puyallup, Washington, United States of America

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• Zixuan Wu,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

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• Sunghwan Jung,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

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• Hang Liu,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Apparel, Merchandising, Design and Textiles, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

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• Lisa Wasko DeVetter

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lisa.devetter@wsu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Horticulture, Washington State University, Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center, Mount Vernon, Washington, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4412-385X

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