About the Authors

Deo Mishra

Affiliation Bayer, BioScience, Hyderabad, India

Manne Ramachander Vishnupriya

Affiliation CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India

Madhusoodana Girija Anil

Affiliation CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India

Kotilingam Konda

Affiliation Bayer, BioScience, Hyderabad, India

Yog Raj

Affiliation Bayer, BioScience, Hyderabad, India

Ramesh V. Sonti

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.