About the Authors

Roger P. Hellens

Affiliation The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand

Carol Moreau

Affiliation Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom

Kui Lin-Wang

Affiliation The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand

Kathy E. Schwinn

Affiliation The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Susan J. Thomson

Affiliation The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd, Christchurch, New Zealand

Mark W. E. J. Fiers

Affiliation The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd, Christchurch, New Zealand

Tonya J. Frew

Affiliation The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd, Christchurch, New Zealand

Sarah R. Murray

Affiliation The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd, Christchurch, New Zealand

Julie M. I. Hofer

Affiliation Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom

Jeanne M. E. Jacobs

Affiliation The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd, Christchurch, New Zealand

Kevin M. Davies

Affiliation The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Andrew C. Allan

Affiliation The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand

Abdelhafid Bendahmane

Affiliation URGV, Evry, France

Clarice J. Coyne

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service Western Regional Plant Introduction Station, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Gail M. Timmerman-Vaughan

Affiliation The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd, Christchurch, New Zealand

T. H. Noel Ellis

noel.ellis@bbsrc.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RPH CM JMIH THNE. Performed the experiments: CM KLW KES SJT MWEJF TJF SRM JMEJ KMD ACA AB GMTV. Analyzed the data: RPH CM KLW MWEJF TJF SRM JMIH JMEJ KMD GMTV THNE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB CJC. Wrote the paper: RPH CM JMIH THNE.