About the Authors

Zhike Feng

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China

Fan Xue

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China

Min Xu

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China

Xiaojiao Chen

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China

Wenyang Zhao

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China

Maria J. Garcia-Murria

Affiliation Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Spain

Ismael Mingarro

Affiliation Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Spain

Yong Liu

Affiliation Institute of Plant Protection, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha, People's Republic of China

Ying Huang

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China

Lei Jiang

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China

Min Zhu

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China

Xiaorong Tao

taoxiaorong@njau.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZF FX MJGM MX IM XT. Performed the experiments: ZF FX MJGM MX XC WZ YH LJ XT. Analyzed the data: ZF FX MJGM MX XC WZ IM YL YH LJ MZ XT. Wrote the paper: ZF MX XT.