About the Authors

Deepmala Sehgal

Current address: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Carretera, Mex-Veracruz, El Batan, Texcoco, Mexico

Affiliation Institute of Biological, Environmental and Biological Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University, Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, United Kingdom

Leif Skot

Affiliation Institute of Biological, Environmental and Biological Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University, Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, United Kingdom

Richa Singh

Affiliations Institute of Biological, Environmental and Biological Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University, Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, United Kingdom, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU), Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Hisar, Haryana, India

Rakesh Kumar Srivastava

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

Sankar Prasad Das

Affiliations Institute of Biological, Environmental and Biological Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University, Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, United Kingdom, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Tripura Centre, Lembucherra, India

Jyoti Taunk

Affiliations Institute of Biological, Environmental and Biological Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University, Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, United Kingdom, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU), Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Hisar, Haryana, India

Parbodh C. Sharma

Affiliations Institute of Biological, Environmental and Biological Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University, Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, United Kingdom, Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI), Karnal, India

Ram Pal

Affiliations Institute of Biological, Environmental and Biological Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University, Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, United Kingdom, National Research Centre for Orchids, Darjeeling Campus, Darjeeling, India

Bhasker Raj

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

Charles T. Hash

Affiliation ICRISAT Sahelian Center, BP 12404, Niamey, Niger

Rattan S. Yadav

rsy@aber.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Biological, Environmental and Biological Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University, Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DS RSY. Performed the experiments: DS RS. Analyzed the data: DS LS SPD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CTH RKS PCS AGBR JT RP. Wrote the paper: DS RSY LS CTH.