About the Authors

Tesfahun Alemu Setotaw

Contributed equally to this work with: Tesfahun Alemu Setotaw, Christine Mwende Nyaga

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

setotaw2006@gmail.com

Affiliation Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Christine Mwende Nyaga

Contributed equally to this work with: Tesfahun Alemu Setotaw, Christine Mwende Nyaga

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

Affiliation Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

David James Waring

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, Data curation

Affiliations Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America, Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Jianli Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Idaho, Plant Sciences, Aberdeen, Idaho, United States of America

Chiedozie Egesi

Roles Funding acquisition, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI), Cassava Breeding, Umuahia, Nigeria, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Cassava Breeding, Ibadan, Nigeria

Katherine Frels

Roles Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Agronomy and Horticulture, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Lucia Gutierrez

Roles Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Wisconsin - Madison, Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Jinha Jung

Roles Data curation, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Purdue University, Civil and Construction Engineering, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Michael Kanaabi

Roles Data curation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), Plant Breeding, Entebbe, Uganda

Margaret Krause

Roles Data curation, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

R. Esten Mason

Roles Data curation, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Mohsen Mohammadi

Roles Data curation, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Eder Jorge de Oliveira

Roles Data curation, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura, Nugene, Cruz das Almas, Brazil

Eric Olson

Roles Data curation, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Michigan State University, Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, East Lansing Michigan, United States of America

Jessica E. Rutkoski

Roles Data curation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Crop Sciences, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Nicholas Santantonio

Roles Data curation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Virginia Tech, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Clay Sneller

Roles Data curation, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Ohio State University, Horticulture and Crop Science, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Mark E. Sorrells

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Lukas A. Mueller

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Jean-Luc Jannink

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America, USDA-ARS, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.