About the Authors

Sourav Roy

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America

Meenakshi Kagda

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America

Howard S. Judelson

howard.judelson@ucr.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HSJ. Performed the experiments: SR MK HSJ. Analyzed the data: SR MK HSJ. Wrote the paper: SR MK HSJ.