About the Authors
- Habib U. Jan
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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
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Affiliation NPZ Innovation GmbH, Hohenlieth, 24363 Holtsee, Germany
- Sophie Lücke
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Affiliation Norddeutsche Pflanzenzucht Hans-Georg Lembke KG, Hohenlieth, 24363 Holtsee, Germany
- Richard A. Nichols
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Affiliation School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
- Rod J. Snowdon
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* E-mail: 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.