About the Authors

Li Wang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Deping Hua

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Junna He

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Ying Duan

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Zhizhong Chen

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Xuhui Hong

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Zhizhong Gong

gongzz@cau.edu.cn

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, China Agricultural University–Purdue University Joint Research Center, Beijing, China, National Center for Plant Gene Research, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LW DH JH ZC ZG. Performed the experiments: LW DH JH YD ZC XH. Analyzed the data: LW DH JH ZG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LW DH JH. Wrote the paper: LW ZG.