About the Authors

Jonathan Vincent

Affiliations Blaise Pascal University, UMR6158 CNRS LIMOS Laboratoire d'Informatique, de Modélisation et d'Optimisation des Systèmes, Aubière, F-63 173, France, INRA, UMR1095 Genetics, Diversity and Ecophysiology of Cereals, Clermont-Ferrand, F-63 039, France, Blaise Pascal University, UMR1095 Genetics, Diversity and Ecophysiology of Cereals, Aubière, F-63 177, France

Pierre Martre

pailloux@isima.fr (MP); pierre.martre@supagro.inra.fr (PM)

Current address: INRA, UMR UMR759 Laboratoire d'Ecophysiologie des Plantes sous Stress Environnementaux, Place Viala, F-34060 Montpellier, France

Affiliations INRA, UMR1095 Genetics, Diversity and Ecophysiology of Cereals, Clermont-Ferrand, F-63 039, France, Blaise Pascal University, UMR1095 Genetics, Diversity and Ecophysiology of Cereals, Aubière, F-63 177, France

Benjamin Gouriou

Affiliation Blaise Pascal University, UMR6158 CNRS LIMOS Laboratoire d'Informatique, de Modélisation et d'Optimisation des Systèmes, Aubière, F-63 173, France

Catherine Ravel

Affiliations INRA, UMR1095 Genetics, Diversity and Ecophysiology of Cereals, Clermont-Ferrand, F-63 039, France, Blaise Pascal University, UMR1095 Genetics, Diversity and Ecophysiology of Cereals, Aubière, F-63 177, France

Zhanwu Dai

Current address: INRA, ISVV, UMR1287 Ecophysiologie et Génomique Fonctionnelle de la Vigne, F-33 882 Villenave d’Ornon, France

Affiliations INRA, UMR1095 Genetics, Diversity and Ecophysiology of Cereals, Clermont-Ferrand, F-63 039, France, Blaise Pascal University, UMR1095 Genetics, Diversity and Ecophysiology of Cereals, Aubière, F-63 177, France

Jean-Marc Petit

Affiliation INSA Lyon, UMR5205 CNRS LIRIS Laboratoire d’Informatique en Images et Systèmes d’Information, Villeurbanne, F-69 621, France

Marie Pailloux

pailloux@isima.fr (MP); pierre.martre@supagro.inra.fr (PM)

Affiliation Blaise Pascal University, UMR6158 CNRS LIMOS Laboratoire d'Informatique, de Modélisation et d'Optimisation des Systèmes, Aubière, F-63 173, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PM MP CR. Performed the experiments: JV ZD. Analyzed the data: JV PM MP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JV BG ZD. Wrote the paper: JV PM MP. Developed the algorithm: MP JMP. Developed the platform: MP BG JV.