About the Authors
- Christine D. Zanke
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Affiliation Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany
- Jie Ling
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Affiliation Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany
- Jörg Plieske
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Affiliation TraitGenetics GmbH, Gatersleben, Germany
- Sonja Kollers
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Affiliation KWS LOCHOW GMBH, Bergen, Germany
- Erhard Ebmeyer
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Affiliation KWS LOCHOW GMBH, Bergen, Germany
- Viktor Korzun
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Affiliation KWS LOCHOW GMBH, Bergen, Germany
- Odile Argillier
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Affiliation Syngenta France S.A.S., Orgerus, France
- Gunther Stiewe
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Affiliation Syngenta Seeds GmbH, Bad Salzuflen, Germany
- Maike Hinze
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Affiliation Syngenta Seeds GmbH, Bad Salzuflen, Germany
- Kerstin Neumann
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Affiliation Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany
- Martin W. Ganal
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Affiliation TraitGenetics GmbH, Gatersleben, Germany
- Marion S. Röder
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* E-mail: roder@ipk-gatersleben.de
Affiliation Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany
Competing Interests
SK,VK and EE are employed by the company KWS-LOCHOW GMBH, OA is employed at Syngenta France SAS, GS and MH are employed by Syngenta Seeds GmbH and MG, JP are employed by the company TraitGenetics GmbH. The companies have commercial interest in the results for application in variety development and for the provision of genotyping services. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MWG EE VK OA GS MH MSR. Performed the experiments: EE OA VK JP SK. Analyzed the data: CDZ JL KN. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MSR CDZ.