About the Authors

Sambasivam Periyannan

Affiliations Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Ricky J. Milne

Affiliation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Melania Figueroa

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and The Stakman-Borlaug Center for Sustainable Plant Health, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Evans S. Lagudah

Affiliation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Peter N. Dodds

peter.dodds@csiro.au

Affiliation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.