About the Authors

Michael B. Wilson

wils0888@umn.edu

Affiliations Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, Microbial and Plant Genomics Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Marla Spivak

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Adrian D. Hegeman

Affiliations Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, Microbial and Plant Genomics Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Aaron Rendahl

Affiliation School of Statistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Jerry D. Cohen

Affiliations Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, Microbial and Plant Genomics Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MBW MS ADH JDC. Performed the experiments: MBW. Analyzed the data: MBW AR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MBW AR. Wrote the paper: MBW.