About the Authors

Marta Cifuentes

Affiliations INRA, UMR1318, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Versailles, France, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Versailles, France

Maud Rivard

Affiliations INRA, UMR1318, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Versailles, France, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Versailles, France

Lucie Pereira

Affiliations INRA, UMR1318, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Versailles, France, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Versailles, France

Liudmila Chelysheva

Affiliations INRA, UMR1318, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Versailles, France, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Versailles, France

Raphael Mercier

raphael.mercier@versailles.inra.fr

Affiliations INRA, UMR1318, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Versailles, France, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Versailles, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MC RM. Performed the experiments: MC MR LP LC. Analyzed the data: MC LC RM. Wrote the manuscript: MC RM.