About the Authors

Gauthier Dobigny

Affiliations IRD, CBGP (IRD, Inra, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro), Campus de Baillarguet, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France, Centre Régional Agrhymet, Rive Droite, Niamey, Niger

Caroline Tatard

Affiliation Inra, CBGP (IRD, Inra, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro), Campus de Baillarguet, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France

Philippe Gauthier

Affiliation IRD, CBGP (IRD, Inra, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro), Campus de Baillarguet, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France

Khalilou Ba

Affiliation IRD, CBGP (IRD, Inra, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro), Dakar, Senegal

Jean-Marc Duplantier

Affiliation IRD, CBGP (IRD, Inra, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro), Campus de Baillarguet, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France

Laurent Granjon

Affiliations IRD, CBGP (IRD, Inra, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro), Campus de Baillarguet, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France, IRD, CBGP (IRD, Inra, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro), Dakar, Senegal

Gael J. Kergoat

kergoat@supagro.inra.fr

Affiliation Inra, CBGP (IRD, Inra, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro), Campus de Baillarguet, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GD CT PG. Performed the experiments: GD CT PG. Analyzed the data: GD GJK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GD CT PG KB JMD LG. Wrote the paper: GD CT JMD LG GJK.