About the Authors

Laure Aymé

Affiliations INRA, UMR1318, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin Saclay Plant Sciences, Versailles, France, AgroParisTech, UMR1318, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Versailles, France

Pascale Jolivet

Affiliations INRA, UMR1318, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin Saclay Plant Sciences, Versailles, France, AgroParisTech, UMR1318, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Versailles, France

Jean-Marc Nicaud

Affiliation Micalis, UMR1319 INRA-AgroParisTech, Jouy-en-Josas, France

Thierry Chardot

thierry.chardot@versailles.inra.fr

Affiliations INRA, UMR1318, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin Saclay Plant Sciences, Versailles, France, AgroParisTech, UMR1318, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Versailles, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LA TC. Performed the experiments: LA TC. Analyzed the data: LA PJ TC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMN. Wrote the paper: LA PJ JMN TC.