About the Authors

Charlemagne Alexander A. Lim

Affiliations Weed Science, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Baños, Philippines, Crop Science Cluster, College of Agriculture, University of Philippines, Los Baños, Phillipines

Tahir Hussain Awan

t.awan@irri.org (THA); pompestacruz@yahoo.com (PCSC)

Affiliations Weed Science, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Baños, Philippines, Crop Science Cluster, College of Agriculture, University of Philippines, Los Baños, Phillipines

Pompe C. Sta. Cruz

t.awan@irri.org (THA); pompestacruz@yahoo.com (PCSC)

Affiliation Crop Science Cluster, College of Agriculture, University of Philippines, Los Baños, Phillipines

Bhagirath Singh Chauhan

Affiliation The Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CAAL THA PCSC BSC. Performed the experiments: CAAL. Analyzed the data: THA CAAL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CAAL THA BSC. Wrote the paper: CAAL THA PCSC BSC.