About the Authors

Ugochukwu N. Ikeogu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America, National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike, Nigeria

Fabrice Davrieux

Roles Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), UMR Qualisud, St. Pierre, Reunion Island, France, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), UMR Qualisud, Montpellier, France

Dominique Dufour

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), UMR Qualisud, Montpellier, France, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), UMR Qualisud, Cali, Colombia, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Apartado Aéreo 6713, Cali, Colombia

Hernan Ceballos

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Apartado Aéreo 6713, Cali, Colombia

Chiedozie N. Egesi

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision

Affiliations Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America, National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike, Nigeria, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria

Jean-Luc Jannink

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

jeanluc.jannink@ars.usda.gov

Affiliations Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Ithaca, NY, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.