About the Authors

Cong Jiang

Affiliations NWAFU-Purdue Joint Research Center, College of Plant Protection, State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi, P. R. China, Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Xue Zhang

Affiliation Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Huiquan Liu

Affiliation NWAFU-Purdue Joint Research Center, College of Plant Protection, State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi, P. R. China

Jin-Rong Xu

jinrong@purdue.edu

Affiliation Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.