About the Authors

Manish Roorkiwal

Affiliation International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Eric J. von Wettberg

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Center for Tropical Plant Conservation, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Hari D. Upadhyaya

Affiliation International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Emily Warschefsky

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Center for Tropical Plant Conservation, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Abhishek Rathore

Affiliation International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Rajeev K. Varshney

r.k.varshney@cgiar.org

Affiliation International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RKV. Performed the experiments: RKV MR. Analyzed the data: MR EvW EW AR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RKV HDU. Wrote the paper: RKV MR EvW EW.