About the Authors

Nathalie J. van Orsouw

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: nathalie.van-orsouw@keygene.com

Affiliation Keygene NV, Wageningen, The Netherlands

René C. J. Hogers

Affiliation Keygene NV, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Antoine Janssen

Affiliation Keygene NV, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Feyruz Yalcin

Affiliation Keygene NV, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Sandor Snoeijers

Affiliation Keygene NV, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Esther Verstege

Affiliation Keygene NV, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Harrie Schneiders

Affiliation Keygene NV, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Hein van der Poel

Affiliation Keygene NV, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Jan van Oeveren

Affiliation Keygene NV, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Harold Verstegen

Affiliation Keygene NV, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Michiel J. T. van Eijk

Affiliation Keygene NV, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

Paid employment: All authors and co-authors with the exception of S. Snoeijers are employees of Keygene N.V. S. Snoeijers was a Keygene N.V. employee during the execution of this project but he has left Keygene N.V. on December 31, 2006. Patent application: The CRoPS technology is subject to patent applications owned by Keygene N.V. See also acknowledgements.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Nv RH Mv. Performed the experiments: SS EV HS Hv. Analyzed the data: AJ FY Jv. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJ FY Jv HV. Wrote the paper: Nv Mv.