About the Authors

Long-Xi Yu

Longxi.yu@ars.usda.gov (LXY); mes12@cornell.edu (MS)

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service, Plant Germplasm Introduction and Testing Research, Prosser, Washington, United States of America

Shiaoman Chao

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service, Biosciences Research Laboratory, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America

Ravi P. Singh

Affiliation International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Apdo, El Batan, Mexico

Mark E. Sorrells

Longxi.yu@ars.usda.gov (LXY); mes12@cornell.edu (MS)

Affiliation Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MES LXY. Formal analysis: LXY SC. Funding acquisition: MES LXY. Investigation: LXY SC RPS. Methodology: LXY. Project administration: MES. Resources: RPS. Supervision: MES. Validation: LXY. Visualization: LXY MES SC RPS. Writing – original draft: LXY. Writing – review & editing: MES SC RPS.