About the Authors

Arun Prabhu Dhanapal

Affiliation Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Jeffery D. Ray

Affiliation Crop Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, Mississippi, United States of America

Shardendu K. Singh

Affiliation Crop Systems and Global Change Lab, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

Valerio Hoyos-Villegas

Affiliation Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

James R. Smith

Affiliation Crop Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, Mississippi, United States of America

Larry C. Purcell

Affiliation Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

C. Andy King

Affiliation Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

Felix B. Fritschi

fritschif@missouri.edu

Affiliation Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors declare that, while partial funding for this project was received from the United Soybean Board, there are no competing interests and that this does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JRS JDR LCP CAK FBF. Performed the experiments: SKS VH-V. Analyzed the data: APD SKS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FBF. Wrote the paper: APD JRS JDR LCP FBF.