About the Authors

Nicolas Heslot

Affiliations Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America, Limagrain Europe, Chappes, France

Jessica Rutkoski

Affiliation Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Jesse Poland

Affiliation USDA-ARS, Northern Plains Area, Center for Grain and Animal Health Research, Hard Winter Wheat Genetics Research Unit, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Jean-Luc Jannink

Affiliations Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America, USDA-ARS, R.W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Mark E. Sorrells

mes12@cornell.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NH JR JP JLJ MS . Performed the experiments: NH JR JP JLJ MS. Analyzed the data: NH JR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NH JR JP MS . Wrote the paper: NH JR JP JLJ MS.