About the Authors

Syed Shan-e-Ali Zaidi

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

herve.vanderschuren@kuleuven.be (HV); syed.zaidi@inrae.fr (SS-AZ)

Affiliations Plant Genetics and Rhizospheric Processes Laboratory, TERRA Teaching and Research Center, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium, UMR Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, INRAE, Université de Bordeaux, Villenave d’Ornon, France

Sara Shakir

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Plant Genetics and Rhizospheric Processes Laboratory, TERRA Teaching and Research Center, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium, UMR Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, INRAE, Université de Bordeaux, Villenave d’Ornon, France, Laboratory of Tropical Crop Improvement, Division of Crop Biotechnics, Biosystems Department, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, KU Leuven Plant Institute (LPI), Leuven, Belgium

Hanne De Kort

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity Conservation, Biology Department, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Leuven One Health, KU Leuven, Huis Bethlehem, Leuven, Belgium

Devang Mehta

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations KU Leuven Plant Institute (LPI), Leuven, Belgium, Leuven Institute for Single Cell Omics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Laboratory of Experimental Plant Systems Biology, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Vu Nguyen

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria

Ruben Gutzat

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria

Hervé Vanderschuren

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

herve.vanderschuren@kuleuven.be (HV); syed.zaidi@inrae.fr (SS-AZ)

Affiliations Plant Genetics and Rhizospheric Processes Laboratory, TERRA Teaching and Research Center, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium, Laboratory of Tropical Crop Improvement, Division of Crop Biotechnics, Biosystems Department, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, KU Leuven Plant Institute (LPI), Leuven, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.