About the Authors

Maarten van Zonneveld

mvanzonneveld@cgiar.org

Affiliations Bioversity International, Regional Office for the Americas, Cali, Colombia, Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Gent, Belgium

Xavier Scheldeman

Affiliation Bioversity International, Regional Office for the Americas, Cali, Colombia

Pilar Escribano

Affiliation Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea, (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Estación Experimental La Mayora, Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain

María A. Viruel

Affiliation Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea, (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Estación Experimental La Mayora, Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain

Patrick Van Damme

Affiliations Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Gent, Belgium, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), GRP1 - Domestication, Nairobi, Kenya

Willman Garcia

Affiliation PROINPA, Oficina Regional Valle Norte, Cochabamba, Bolivia

César Tapia

Affiliation Instituto Nacional Autónomo de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP) Panamericana sur km1, Quito, Ecuador

José Romero

Affiliation Naturaleza y Cultura Internacional (NCI), Loja, Ecuador

Manuel Sigueñas

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agrícola (INIA), La Molina, Lima, Peru

José I. Hormaza

Affiliation Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea, (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Estación Experimental La Mayora, Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XS JIH WG CT JR MS MAV. Performed the experiments: PE MV JIH. Analyzed the data: MvZ XS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PE MAV JIH WG CT JR MS MvZ XS. Wrote the paper: MvZ XS PVD JIH.