Sclerotinia sclerotiorum growth and aggressiveness are regulated by a mycoviral REP protein

• Peihan Shu ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶☯ PS and YWT contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Yi-Wen Tseng ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  ¶☯ PS and YWT contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation The Ohio State University, Department of Plant Pathology, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

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• Alexander J. Lawrence,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Chenchen Feng,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation University of Toledo, Department of Environmental Sciences, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

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• Yasi Kiani,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Olivia Knopke-Mooney,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Rawnaq N. Chowdhury,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Current address: Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Services - Small Grains and Potato Germplasm Research Unit, Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America.

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Danny Lasky,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Carol Groves,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Damon L. Smith,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Kinjal Majumder,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Shin-Yi Lee Marzano ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  * E-mail: ShinYi.Marzano@usda.gov (S-YLM), rakotondrafa@wisc.edu (AMR)

  Affiliation U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Services, Application Technology Research Unit, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

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• Aurélie M. Rakotondrafara

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ShinYi.Marzano@usda.gov (S-YLM), rakotondrafa@wisc.edu (AMR)

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1859-3743

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