About the Authors

Sajid Ali

bioscientist122@yahoo.com

Affiliations INRA UR 1290 BIOGER-CPP, Thiverval-Grignon, France, Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, the University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Slagelse, Denmark

Pierre Gladieux

Affiliations UMR 8079 Ecologie Systematique Evolution, Univ. Paris-Sud., CNRS-F, Orsay, France, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Marc Leconte

Affiliation INRA UR 1290 BIOGER-CPP, Thiverval-Grignon, France

Angélique Gautier

Affiliation INRA UR 1290 BIOGER-CPP, Thiverval-Grignon, France

Annemarie F. Justesen

Affiliation Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Slagelse, Denmark

Mogens S. Hovmøller

Affiliation Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Slagelse, Denmark

Jérôme Enjalbert

Affiliation INRA UMR 320 Génétique Végétale, Ferme du Moulon, Gif sur Yvette, France

Claude de Vallavieille-Pope

Affiliation INRA UR 1290 BIOGER-CPP, Thiverval-Grignon, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSH JE CdVP. Performed the experiments: SA. Analyzed the data: SA PG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ML AG AFJ. Wrote the paper: SA PG JE.