About the Authors

Wellington Muchero

Current address: Plant Systems Biology, Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Nematology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Philip A. Roberts

philip.roberts@ucr.edu

Affiliation Department of Nematology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Ndeye N. Diop

Current address: Generation Challenge Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Tescoco, Mexico

Affiliation Department of Botany & Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Issa Drabo

Affiliation Institut de l’environment et des Rechercheres Agricole, Kamboinse, Burkina Faso

Ndiaga Cisse

Affiliation Senegalese Institute of Agricultural Research, Bambey, Senegal

Timothy J. Close

Affiliation Department of Botany & Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Satoru Muranaka

Affiliation The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria

Ousmane Boukar

Affiliation The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria

Jeffrey D. Ehlers

Current address: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Botany & Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WM PAR JDE TJC ID SM OB NC. Performed the experiments: WM JDE ID SM NC OB NND. Analyzed the data: WM PAR. Wrote the paper: WM PAR JDE TJC.