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1. Atena Oladzad Abbasabadi, PhD in Genetics and Plant Breeding. Department of Plant Sciences at North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58102. Email: Atena.oladzad@ndsu.edu 2. Ajay Kumar, PhD in Genetics and Plant Breeding. Department of Plant Sciences at North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58102. Email: ajay.kumar.2@ndsu.edu 3. Seyed Pirseyedi, PhD in Genetics and Plant Breeding. Arizona Plant Breeders Inc., Casa Grande, AZ 85122. Email: seyed.pirseyedi@ndus.edu 4. Wesam A. Abuhammad, PhD in Genetics and Plant Breeding. Arizona Plant Breeders Inc., Casa Grande, AZ 85122. Email: wabuhammad@azplantbreeders.com 5. Evan Salsman, MS.c in Genetics and Plant Breeding. Department of Plant Sciences at North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58102. Email: evan.salsman.2@ndsu.edu 6. Marina Dobrydina, MS.c in Genetics and Plant Breeding. Department of Plant Sciences at North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58102. Email: marina.dobrydina@ndsu.edu 7. Roshan Sharma Poudel: MS.c in Genetics and Plant Breeding. Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108. Email: roshan.sharmapoudel@ndsu.edu 8. Shiaoman Chao, PhD in Genetics and Plant Breeding. USDA-ARS, Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center, Cereal Crops Research Unit, Fargo, North Dakota, 58102. Email: Shiaoman.Chao@ARS.USDA.GOV 9. Justin D. Faris, PhD in Genetics and Plant Breeding. USDA-ARS, Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center, Cereal Crops Research Unit, Fargo, North Dakota, 58102. Email: Justin.Faris@ars.usda.gov 10. Elias. M. Elias. PhD in Genetics and Plant Breeding. Department of Plant Sciences at North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58102. Elias.Elias@ndsu.edu G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics Early Online, published on January 19, 2018 as doi:10.1534/g3.117.300370