About the Authors
- Sonja Kollers
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Affiliations Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Resesarch (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany, KWS LOCHOW GMBH, Bergen, Germany
- Bernd Rodemann
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Affiliation Julius Kühn Institute (JKI), Braunschweig, Germany
- Jie Ling
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Affiliation Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Resesarch (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany
- Viktor Korzun
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Affiliation KWS LOCHOW GMBH, Bergen, Germany
- Erhard Ebmeyer
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Affiliation KWS LOCHOW GMBH, Bergen, Germany
- Odile Argillier
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Affiliation Syngenta Seeds S.A.S., Toulouse, France
- Maike Hinze
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Affiliation Syngenta Seeds GmbH, Bad Salzuflen, Germany
- Jörg Plieske
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Affiliation TraitGenetics GmbH, Gatersleben, Germany
- Dagmar Kulosa
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Affiliation TraitGenetics GmbH, Gatersleben, Germany
- Martin W. Ganal
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Affiliation TraitGenetics GmbH, Gatersleben, Germany
- Marion S. Röder
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* E-mail: roder@ipk-gatersleben.de
Affiliation Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Resesarch (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany
Competing Interests
SK, VK and EE are employed by the company KWS LOCHOW GMBH, OA and MH are employed by Syngenta Seeds GmbH and MG, JP and DK are employed by the company TraitGenetics GmbH. The companies have commercial interest in the results for application in variety development and for the provision of genotyping services. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MG EE VK OA MH MR. Performed the experiments: EE OA BR DK VK SK JP. Analyzed the data: SK JP JL. Wrote the paper: MR SK.