About the Authors

Dongping Wang

Affiliation Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Bernarda Calla

Affiliation Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Sornkanok Vimolmangkang

Affiliation Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Xia Wu

Affiliation Program in Physiological and Molecular Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Schuyler S. Korban

Affiliation Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Steven C. Huber

Affiliations Program in Physiological and Molecular Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Steven J. Clough

Affiliations Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Youfu Zhao

zhao888@illinois.edu

Affiliations Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Program in Physiological and Molecular Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YFZ DPW SCH SSK. Performed the experiments: DPW BC SV XW. Analyzed the data: DPW YFZ BC SJC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YFZ SSK SCH SJC. Wrote the paper: YFZ DPW. Critically read the manuscript: SSK SCH SJC.