About the Authors

Mingsheng Qi

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Tobias I. Link

Affiliation Institut für Phytomedizin, Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

Manuel Müller

Affiliation Institut für Phytomedizin, Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

Daniela Hirschburger

Affiliation Institut für Phytomedizin, Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

Ramesh N. Pudake

Affiliation Amity Institute of Nanotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India

Kerry F. Pedley

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

Edward Braun

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Ralf T. Voegele

Affiliation Institut für Phytomedizin, Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

Thomas J. Baum

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Steven A. Whitham

swhitham@iastate.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MQ TIL KFP RTV TJB SAW. Performed the experiments: MQ TIL MM DH KFP EB. Analyzed the data: MQ TIL MM DH KFP EB SAW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TIL RNP KFP EB SAW. Wrote the paper: MQ TIL KFP RTV TJB SAW.