About the Authors
- Deo Mishra
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Affiliation Bayer, BioScience, Hyderabad, India
- Manne Ramachander Vishnupriya
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Affiliation CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
- Madhusoodana Girija Anil
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Affiliation CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
- Kotilingam Konda
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Affiliation Bayer, BioScience, Hyderabad, India
- Yog Raj
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Affiliation Bayer, BioScience, Hyderabad, India
- Ramesh V. Sonti
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* E-mail: sonti@ccmb.res.in
Affiliation CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
Competing Interests
Three of the co-authors of this manuscript, namely Deo Mishra, Kotilingam Konda and Yog Raj, are employees of Bayer CropScience. However, this does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DM MGA RVS. Performed the experiments: DM MRV MGA KK YR. Analyzed the data: DM MRV MGA RVS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DM MGA RVS. Wrote the manuscript: MGA DM RVS.