About the Authors

Ki-Hong Jung

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Christopher Dardick

Affiliation Appalachian Fruit Research Station, USDA-ARS, Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America

Laura E. Bartley

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Peijian Cao

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Jirapa Phetsom

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Patrick Canlas

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Young-Su Seo

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Michael Shultz

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Shu Ouyang

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Qiaoping Yuan

Current address: Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Bryan C. Frank

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Eugene Ly

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Li Zheng

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Yi Jia

Affiliation Center for Plant Genomics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

An-Ping Hsia

Affiliation Center for Plant Genomics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Kyungsook An

Affiliation Functional Genomic Center, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Republic of Korea

Hui-Hsien Chou

Affiliation Center for Plant Genomics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

David Rocke

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Geun Cheol Lee

Affiliation College of Business Administration, Konkuk University, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, Korea

Patrick S. Schnable

Affiliation Center for Plant Genomics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Gynheung An

Affiliation Functional Genomic Center, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Republic of Korea

C. Robin Buell

Current address: Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Pamela C. Ronald

pcronald@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KHJ CD PSS CRB PCR. Performed the experiments: KHJ CD LEB JP PC YSS MS KA. Analyzed the data: KHJ LEB PC JP YSS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KHJ PC PC SO QY BCF EL LZ YJ APH HHC DMR GCL GA CRB. Wrote the paper: KHJ CD LEB PCR.