About the Authors

Stephen H. Kazakoff

Affiliation Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Michael Imelfort

Affiliation Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

David Edwards

Affiliation Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Jasper Koehorst

Affiliation Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Bandana Biswas

Affiliation Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Jacqueline Batley

Affiliation Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Paul T. Scott

Affiliation Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Peter M. Gresshoff

p.gresshoff@uq.edu.au

Affiliation Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

This reasearch was funded in part by BioEnergy Plantation Australia and BES Pty Ltd. BioEnergy Plantation Australia is developing critical technology platforms for the genetic, genomic and biotechnology application to the legume tree Pongamia pinnata. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SHK MI DE JK BB JB PTS PMG. Performed the experiments: SHK MI JK PTS. Analyzed the data: SHK MI DE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SHK MI DE JK BB JB PTS PMG. Wrote the paper: SHK. Contributed to manuscript editing: SHK MI DE JK BB JB PTS PMG.