About the Authors

Nacer Bellaloui

Contributed equally to this work with: Nacer Bellaloui, Herbert A. Bruns, Hamed K. Abbas, Alemu Mengistu, Daniel K. Fisher

nacer.bellaloui@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation Crop Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, MS, 38776, United States of America

Herbert A. Bruns

Contributed equally to this work with: Nacer Bellaloui, Herbert A. Bruns, Hamed K. Abbas, Alemu Mengistu, Daniel K. Fisher

Affiliation Crop Production Systems Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, MS, 38776, United States of America

Hamed K. Abbas

Contributed equally to this work with: Nacer Bellaloui, Herbert A. Bruns, Hamed K. Abbas, Alemu Mengistu, Daniel K. Fisher

Affiliation Biological Control of Pests Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, MS, 38776, United States of America

Alemu Mengistu

Contributed equally to this work with: Nacer Bellaloui, Herbert A. Bruns, Hamed K. Abbas, Alemu Mengistu, Daniel K. Fisher

Affiliation Crop Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Jackson, TN, 38301, United States of America

Daniel K. Fisher

Contributed equally to this work with: Nacer Bellaloui, Herbert A. Bruns, Hamed K. Abbas, Alemu Mengistu, Daniel K. Fisher

Affiliation Crop Production Systems Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, MS, 38776, United States of America

Krishna N. Reddy

Affiliation Crop Production Systems Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, MS, 38776, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NB HAB. Performed the experiments: NB HAB. Analyzed the data: NB HKA AM DKF KNR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NB HAB. Wrote the paper: HKA AM DKF KNR.