About the Authors

Mohammad Abhary

Affiliation International Laboratory for Tropical Agricultural Biotechnology, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Dimuth Siritunga

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

Gene Stevens

Affiliation University of Missouri-Delta Center, Portageville, Missouri, United States of America

Nigel J. Taylor

Affiliation International Laboratory for Tropical Agricultural Biotechnology, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Claude M. Fauquet

iltab@danforthcenter.org

Affiliation International Laboratory for Tropical Agricultural Biotechnology, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMF MA NJT. Performed the experiments: MA DS GS. Analyzed the data: MA CMF DS NJT. Wrote the paper: MA NJT CMF. Generated the greenhouse and field experiments: DS GS. Produced the transgenic cassava plants: NJT.