About the Authors

Habib U. Jan

Affiliation Department of Plant Breeding, IFZ Research Centre for Biosystems, Land Use and Nutrition, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392 Giessen, Germany

Amine Abbadi

Affiliation NPZ Innovation GmbH, Hohenlieth, 24363 Holtsee, Germany

Sophie Lücke

Affiliation Norddeutsche Pflanzenzucht Hans-Georg Lembke KG, Hohenlieth, 24363 Holtsee, Germany

Richard A. Nichols

Affiliation School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom

Rod J. Snowdon

rod.snowdon@agrar.uni-giessen.de

Affiliation Department of Plant Breeding, IFZ Research Centre for Biosystems, Land Use and Nutrition, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392 Giessen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests. AA is an employee of NPZ Innovation GmbH and SL is an employee of Norddeutsche Pflanzenzucht Hans-Georg Lembke KG. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RS AA. Performed the experiments: SL HJ. Analyzed the data: AA SL HJ RN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SL AA RS. Wrote the paper: HJ RS RN.