About the Authors

Aurore Philibert

Aurore.Philibert@grignon.inra.fr

Affiliations INRA, UMR 211 Agronomie, Thiverval Grignon, France, AgroParisTech, UMR 211 Agronomie, Thiverval Grignon, France

Chantal Loyce

Affiliations INRA, UMR 211 Agronomie, Thiverval Grignon, France, AgroParisTech, UMR 211 Agronomie, Thiverval Grignon, France

David Makowski

Affiliations INRA, UMR 211 Agronomie, Thiverval Grignon, France, AgroParisTech, UMR 211 Agronomie, Thiverval Grignon, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AP CL DM. Performed the experiments: AP. Analyzed the data: AP DM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AP DM. Wrote the paper: AP CL DM.