About the Authors

Vemanna S. Ramu

Current address: Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India

Anjugam Paramanantham

Affiliation National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India

Venkategowda Ramegowda

Current address: Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 72701, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India

Basavaiah Mohan-Raju

Affiliation Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India

Makarla Udayakumar

Affiliation Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India

Muthappa Senthil-Kumar

skmuthappa@nipgr.ac.in

Affiliation National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS-K. Performed the experiments: VSR AP BMR MS-K. Analyzed the data: VSR VR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS-K MU. Wrote the paper: MS-K VSR VR. Provided protocols and access to genetic resources: MU MS-K.