About the Authors

João A. N. Filipe

jf263@cam.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Richard C. Cobb

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

Ross K. Meentemeyer

Affiliation Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America

Christopher A. Lee

Affiliation University of California Cooperative Extension, Eureka, California, United States of America

Yana S. Valachovic

Affiliation University of California Cooperative Extension, Eureka, California, United States of America

Alex R. Cook

Affiliation Statistics and Applied Probability, National University of Singapore, Singapore

David M. Rizzo

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

Christopher A. Gilligan

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JANF RCC RKM DMR CAG. Performed the experiments: JANF. Analyzed the data: JANF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JANF RCC RKM CAL YSV ARC. Wrote the paper: JANF RCC RKM CAL YSV ARC DMR CAG. Contributed data and biological and disease management expertise: RCC RKM CAL YSV DMR.