About the Authors

Lucas J. McKinnon

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

lucas.mckinnon@bayer.com

Affiliation Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Rong Wang

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Cunxi Wang

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Scott Saracco

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Colton Kessenich

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Virginia M. Johnson

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Jennifer Calcaterra

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Gregory Frierdich

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Eric Bretsnyder

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Luting Fang

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Bingyao Li

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Tianbo Xu

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors are employees of Bayer CropScience, a manufacturer of crop seeds developed through conventional plant breeding or biotechnology. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies in sharing data and conducting robust research. To adhere to PLOS One’s policy around material sharing, materials described in this work can be provided upon establishment of a research agreement with appropriate material transfer terms. Certain materials described in the study have patent protection, but can be provided upon establishment of a research agreement with material transfer terms, in order to adhere to PLOS ONE’s policies.