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Contributors

Shahal Abbo, The Levi Eshkol School of Agriculture, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel

Herb S. Aldwinckle, Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Geneva, NY, USA

Abdelbagi M. Ali, Plant Breeding and Genetics Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria

Kotla Anuradha, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Telangana, India

Souleymane Bado, Plant Breeding and Genetics Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria

Fufa H. Birru, Global Corn Breeding, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO, USA

Marv L. Boerboom, Global Corn Breeding, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO, USA

Paul W. Bosland, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Chile Pepper Institute, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA

James L. Brewbaker, Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Science, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA

David V. Butruille, Global Corn Breeding, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO, USA

Edward J. Cargill, Global Corn Breeding, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO, USA

Duane A. Davis, Global Corn Breeding, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO, USA

Prabhakar Dhungana, Global Corn Breeding, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO, USA

Gerald M. Dill Jr., Global Corn Breeding, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO, USA

Fenggao Dong, Global Corn Breeding, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO, USA

Gennaro Fazio, USDA-ARS Plant Genetics Resources Unit, Geneva, NY, USA

Agustin E. Fonseca, Global Corn Breeding, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO, USA

Brian P. Forster, Plant Breeding and Genetics Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria

H. Frederick, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Bamako, Mali, Africa

Brian W. Gardunia, Global Corn Breeding, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO, USA

Avi Gopher, The Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel

Geoffrey I. Graham, Dupont Pioneer, Johnston, IA, USA

Stefania Grando, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Telangana, India

Gregory J. Holland, Global Corn Breeding, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO, USA

James B. Holland, USDA-ARS Plant Science Research Unit, Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA

Nan Hong, Global Corn Breeding, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO, USA

Are Ashok Kumar, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Telangana, India

Pierre J.L. Lagoda, Plant Breeding and Genetics Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria

Margit Laimer, Plant Biotechnology Unit, Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Simcha Lev-Yadun, Department of Biology & Environment, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa at Oranim, Tivon, Israel

Paul Linnen, Global Corn Breeding, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO, USA

Ian Martin, Queensland Department of Primary Industry, Kairi Research Station, Kairi, Queensland, Australia

J. Paul Murphy, Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA

Thomas E. Nickson, Global Corn Breeding, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO, USA

Stephan Nielen, Plant Breeding and Genetics Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria

Jerald K. Pataky, Global Corn Breeding, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO, USA

Wolfgang H. Pfeiffer, HarvestPlus, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia

Nalini Polavarapu, Global Corn Breeding, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO, USA

Jon Popi, Global Corn Breeding, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO, USA

Bhavanasi Ramaiah, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Telangana, India

W. Rattunde, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Bamako, Mali, Africa

Terence L. Robinson, Department of Horticulture, Cornell University, Geneva, NY, USA

M. Lynn Senior, Syngenta Seeds, Inc., NC, USA

Steve B. Stark, Global Corn Breeding, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO, USA

Bradley J. Till, Plant Breeding and Genetics Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria

Parminder Virk, HarvestPlus, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Telangana, India