Kassa Semagn¹, Yoseph Beyene², Sudha Nair³, Raman Babu⁴, Cosmos Magorokosho⁵, Amsal Tarekegne⁵, Stephen Mugo⁶, Barbara Meisel⁷, Pierre Sehabiague⁸, Dan Makumbi¹, Gary N. Atlin⁹, Marilyn L. Warburton¹⁰ and Boddupalli M. Prasanna⁶, (1)Global Maize Program, CIMMYT, Nairobi, Kenya, (2)Global Maize Program, CIMMYT, Nairobi , KENYA, (3)International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Andhra Pradesh, India, (4)International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Hyderabad, India, (5)International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Harare, Zimbabwe, (6)International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Nairobi, Kenya, (7)Monsanto Company, Gauteng, South Africa, (8)Monsanto Company, Peyrehorade, France, (9)Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, (10)USDA-ARS, Mississippi State, MS