About the Authors

Giovanni Lo Iacono

gl334@cam.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Medicine, Disease Dynamics Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom

Frank van den Bosch

Affiliation Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom

Chris A. Gilligan

Affiliation Epidemiology and Modelling Group, 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: GL FvdB CAG. Performed the experiments: GL FvdB CAG. Analyzed the data: GL FvdB CAG. Wrote the paper: GL FvdB CAG.