An improved 7K SNP array, the C7AIR, provides a wealth of validated SNP markers for rice breeding and genetics studies

• Karina Y. Morales,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8899-0894

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• Namrata Singh,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

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• Francisco Agosto Perez,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

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• John Carlos Ignacio,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Rice Breeeding Platform, International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines

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• Ranjita Thapa,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Juan D. Arbelaez,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources

  Current address: Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America

  Affiliation Rice Breeeding Platform, International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines

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• Rodante E. Tabien,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center, Beaumont, TX, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8573-4123

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• Adam Famoso,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Louisiana State University Ag Center, H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station, Rayne, LA, United States of America

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• Diane R. Wang,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States of America

  Affiliation Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

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• Endang M. Septiningsih,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Yuxin Shi,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

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• Tobias Kretzschmar,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia

  Affiliation Rice Breeeding Platform, International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines

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• Susan R. McCouch ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: m.thomson@tamu.edu (MJT); srm4@cornell.edu (SRM)

  Affiliation Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

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• Michael J. Thomson

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: m.thomson@tamu.edu (MJT); srm4@cornell.edu (SRM)

  Affiliation Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1868-6867

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