About the Authors

Vijee Mohan

Current address: Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization—The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel

‡ VM and SG are equal first authors on this work. ST, HM, CC, VSC, KS, RK, KT, SS are equal second authors on this work. SKG, HVK, SN, AK and PG are equal third authors on this work.

Affiliation Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Soni Gupta

Current address: Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, India

‡ VM and SG are equal first authors on this work. ST, HM, CC, VSC, KS, RK, KT, SS are equal second authors on this work. SKG, HVK, SN, AK and PG are equal third authors on this work.

Affiliation Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Sherinmol Thomas

‡ VM and SG are equal first authors on this work. ST, HM, CC, VSC, KS, RK, KT, SS are equal second authors on this work. SKG, HVK, SN, AK and PG are equal third authors on this work.

Affiliation Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Hanjabam Mickey

‡ VM and SG are equal first authors on this work. ST, HM, CC, VSC, KS, RK, KT, SS are equal second authors on this work. SKG, HVK, SN, AK and PG are equal third authors on this work.

Affiliation Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Chaitanya Charakana

‡ VM and SG are equal first authors on this work. ST, HM, CC, VSC, KS, RK, KT, SS are equal second authors on this work. SKG, HVK, SN, AK and PG are equal third authors on this work.

Affiliation Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Vineeta Singh Chauhan

Current address: Tierra Seed Science Private Limited, Hyderabad, India

‡ VM and SG are equal first authors on this work. ST, HM, CC, VSC, KS, RK, KT, SS are equal second authors on this work. SKG, HVK, SN, AK and PG are equal third authors on this work.

Affiliation Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Kapil Sharma

‡ VM and SG are equal first authors on this work. ST, HM, CC, VSC, KS, RK, KT, SS are equal second authors on this work. SKG, HVK, SN, AK and PG are equal third authors on this work.

Affiliation Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Rakesh Kumar

‡ VM and SG are equal first authors on this work. ST, HM, CC, VSC, KS, RK, KT, SS are equal second authors on this work. SKG, HVK, SN, AK and PG are equal third authors on this work.

Affiliation Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Kamal Tyagi

‡ VM and SG are equal first authors on this work. ST, HM, CC, VSC, KS, RK, KT, SS are equal second authors on this work. SKG, HVK, SN, AK and PG are equal third authors on this work.

Affiliation Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Supriya Sarma

‡ VM and SG are equal first authors on this work. ST, HM, CC, VSC, KS, RK, KT, SS are equal second authors on this work. SKG, HVK, SN, AK and PG are equal third authors on this work.

Affiliation Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Suresh Kumar Gupta

Current address: Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization—The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel

‡ VM and SG are equal first authors on this work. ST, HM, CC, VSC, KS, RK, KT, SS are equal second authors on this work. SKG, HVK, SN, AK and PG are equal third authors on this work.

Affiliation Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Himabindu Vasuki Kilambi

‡ VM and SG are equal first authors on this work. ST, HM, CC, VSC, KS, RK, KT, SS are equal second authors on this work. SKG, HVK, SN, AK and PG are equal third authors on this work.

Affiliation Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Sapana Nongmaithem

‡ VM and SG are equal first authors on this work. ST, HM, CC, VSC, KS, RK, KT, SS are equal second authors on this work. SKG, HVK, SN, AK and PG are equal third authors on this work.

Affiliation Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Alka Kumari

‡ VM and SG are equal first authors on this work. ST, HM, CC, VSC, KS, RK, KT, SS are equal second authors on this work. SKG, HVK, SN, AK and PG are equal third authors on this work.

Affiliation Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Prateek Gupta

‡ VM and SG are equal first authors on this work. ST, HM, CC, VSC, KS, RK, KT, SS are equal second authors on this work. SKG, HVK, SN, AK and PG are equal third authors on this work.

Affiliation Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Yellamaraju Sreelakshmi

rameshwar.sharma@gmail.com (RS); syellamaraju@gmail.com (YS)

Affiliation Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Rameshwar Sharma

rameshwar.sharma@gmail.com (RS); syellamaraju@gmail.com (YS)

Affiliation Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RS YS. Performed the experiments: VM SG ST HM CC VSC KS RK KT SS HVK SN AK. Analyzed the data: VM SG SKG PG. Wrote the paper: RS SG VM YS.