About the Authors

Pepijn A. J. van Oort

Affiliations Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), 01 BP 2031 Cotonou, Benin, Crop & Weed Ecology Group, Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 430, 6700 AK, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Michiel E. de Vries

michielerikdevries@gmail.com (MEDV); hiroey@affrc.go.jp (HY); K.Saito@cgiar.org (KS)

Affiliation J. Joordens' Zaadhandel B.V., P.O. Box 7823, 5995 ZG Kessel, The Netherlands

Hiroe Yoshida

michielerikdevries@gmail.com (MEDV); hiroey@affrc.go.jp (HY); K.Saito@cgiar.org (KS)

Affiliation National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 305-8666 Tsukuba, Japan

Kazuki Saito

michielerikdevries@gmail.com (MEDV); hiroey@affrc.go.jp (HY); K.Saito@cgiar.org (KS)

Affiliation Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), 01 BP 2031 Cotonou, Benin

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests. M.E. de Vries is employed by J. Joordens’ Zaadhandel B.V. 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, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MEDV HY. Performed the experiments: MEDV HY. Analyzed the data: PAJVO MEDV HY KS. Wrote the paper: PAJVO MEDV HY KS.