**Author details**

H.E. Shashidhar1\*, Adnan Kanbar2 , Mahmoud Toorchi3 , G.M. Raveendra4 , Pavan Kundur4 , H.S. Vimarsha4 , Rakhi Soman4 , Naveen G. Kumar4 , Berhanu Dagnaw Bekele1 and P. Bhavani4

\*Address all correspondence to: heshashidhar@gmail.com

1 (Genetics and Plant Breeding), Department of Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, UAS, GKVK, Bangalore, India

2 Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Damascus, Damascus, Syria

3 Department of Crop Production and Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

4 Senior Research Fellow, Department of Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, India

Department of Biotechnology, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
