Julius Pyton Sserumaga,^1,* Yoseph Beyene,² Kiru Pillay,³ Alois Kullaya,⁴ Sylvester O. Oikeh,⁵ Stephen Mugo,² Lewis Machida,² Ismail Ngolinda,⁶ Godfrey Asea,¹ Justin Ringo,⁶ Michael Otim,¹ Grace Abalo,¹ Barnabas Kiula<sup>6

1</sup>ANational Agricultural Research Organisation, National Crops Resources Research Institute, Namulonge
²BInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), ICRAF House, UN Avenue, Gigiri, Village
³CMonsanto, 2 Vermeulen Straat, Petit, 1512, South Africa.
⁴DMikocheni Agricultural Research Institute, PO Box 6226, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
⁵EAfrican Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), PO Box 30709-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁶FIlonga Agricultural Research Institute, PO Box 33, Kilosa, Morogoro, Tanzania.

^*Corresponding author. Email: j.serumaga@gmail.com