Production of the light-activated elsinochrome phytotoxin in the soybean pathogen Coniothyrium glycines hints at virulence factor

• Nicholas Greatens,

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

  Affiliations SCINet Program and ARS AI Center of Excellence, Office of National Programs, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America, Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2408-8871

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• Harun M. Murithi,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Soybean Innovation Lab, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Danny Coyne,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2030-6328

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• Steven J. Clough,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliations Soybean/Maize Germplasm, Pathology, and Genetics Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

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• Michael Sulyok,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Bioanalytics and Agro-Metabolomics, BOKU University - Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Tulln, Austria

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• Wahab Oluwanisola Okunowo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

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• Hamed K. Abbas,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biological Control of Pests Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Stoneville, Mississippi, United States of America

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• W. Thomas Shier,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1676-0856

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• Rachel A. Koch Bach

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rachel.kochbach@usda.gov

  Affiliation Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7240-1303

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