About the Authors

Simeon O. Kotchoni

skotchon@purdue.edu

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Jose C. Jimenez-Lopez

Current address: Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants, Estacion Experimental del Zaidin, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Granada, Spain

Dongying Gao

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Vincent Edwards

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Emma W. Gachomo

Affiliation Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, United States of America

Venu M. Margam

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Manfredo J. Seufferheld

Affiliation Department of Crop Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SOK. Performed the experiments: JCJL DG. Analyzed the data: JCJL EWG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VE. Wrote the paper: SOK EWG VMM MJS.