About the Authors

Delphin Diasolua Ngudi

Affiliations Programme National de Nutrition (PRONANUT), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Institute of Plant Biotechnology Outreach (IPBO), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Yu-Haey Kuo

Affiliation Institute of Plant Biotechnology Outreach (IPBO), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Marc Van Montagu

Affiliation Institute of Plant Biotechnology Outreach (IPBO), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Fernand Lambein

Fernand.Lambein@ugent.be

Affiliation Institute of Plant Biotechnology Outreach (IPBO), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DDN YK FL. Performed the experiments: DDN FL. Analyzed the data: DDN YK MVM FL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DDN MVM. Wrote the paper: DDN YK FL.