About the Authors

P. H. Zaidi

phzaidi@cgiar.org

Affiliation International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), Asia regional office, Hyderabad, India

K. Seetharam

Affiliation International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), Asia regional office, Hyderabad, India

Girish Krishna

Affiliation International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), Asia regional office, Hyderabad, India

L. Krishnamurthy

Affiliation International Crops research institute for semi-arid tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India

S. Gajanan

Affiliation International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), Asia regional office, Hyderabad, India

Raman Babu

Current address: Dupont-Pioneer, Hyderabad, India

Affiliation International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), Asia regional office, Hyderabad, India

M. Zerka

Affiliation International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), Asia regional office, Hyderabad, India

M. T. Vinayan

Affiliation International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), Asia regional office, Hyderabad, India

B. S. Vivek

Affiliation International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), Asia regional office, Hyderabad, India

Competing Interests

RB's current affiliation is Dupont-Pioneer, a commercial company. However, this work was done while he was still affiliated with CIMMYT. Therefore the authors declare that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: PHZ KS LK. Formal analysis: GK SG RB. Funding acquisition: BSV. Investigation: KS LK MZ. Methodology: PHZ LK. Project administration: PHZ BSV. Resources: PHZ MTV BSV. Supervision: PHZ KS LK. Visualization: PHZ KS. Writing – original draft: KS PHZ. Writing – review & editing: PHZ KS MTV BSV GK.