About the Authors

Julio Maia

Affiliation Wageningen Seed Lab, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Bas J. W. Dekkers

Affiliations Wageningen Seed Lab, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Nicholas J. Provart

Affiliation Department of Cell and Systems Biology/Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Wilco Ligterink

wilco.ligterink@wur.nl

Affiliation Wageningen Seed Lab, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Henk W. M. Hilhorst

Affiliation Wageningen Seed Lab, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM BJWD NJP WL HWMH. Performed the experiments: JM NJP. Analyzed the data: JM BJWD NJP WL HWMH. Wrote the paper: JM. Critically reviewed and revised article: JM BJWD WL HWMH.