About the Authors

Binod B. Sahu

Current address: Department of Life Science, NIT Rourkela, Odisha, India

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Jordan L. Baumbach

Affiliations Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America, Interdepartmental Genetic Program, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Prashant Singh

Current address: Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Subodh K. Srivastava

Current address: 317C Biosystems research complex, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Xiaoping Yi

Current address: Southern University and A & M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Madan K. Bhattacharyya

mbhattac@iastate.edu

Affiliations Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America, Interdepartmental Genetic Program, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MKB. Data curation: SKS. Formal analysis: BBS JB PS MKB. Funding acquisition: MKB. Investigation: BBS. Methodology: MKB BBS JB PS XY SKS. Project administration: MKB. Resources: XY. Software: SKS. Supervision: MKB. Validation: BBS PS. Writing – original draft: BBS. Writing – review & editing: MKB BBS JB PS SKS.