About the Authors

Martin Mascher

Affiliation Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany

Shuangye Wu

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Paul St. Amand

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Hard Winter Wheat Genetics Research Unit, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Nils Stein

Affiliation Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany

Jesse Poland

jpoland@ksu.edu

Affiliations Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Hard Winter Wheat Genetics Research Unit, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JP NS. Performed the experiments: SW PSt. Analyzed the data: MM JP. Wrote the manuscript: JP NS MM PSt.