About the Authors

Wanli Du

Affiliation Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering for Plant Breeding, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Jing Wang

Affiliation Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering for Plant Breeding, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Yuhui Pang

Affiliation Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering for Plant Breeding, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Yanli Li

Affiliation Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering for Plant Breeding, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Xinhong Chen

Affiliation Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering for Plant Breeding, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Jixin Zhao

Affiliation Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering for Plant Breeding, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Qunhui Yang

Affiliation Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering for Plant Breeding, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Jun Wu

wjnwsu@yahoo.com.cn

Affiliation Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering for Plant Breeding, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Carried out hybrid of common wheat cv. 7182 (2n = 6x = 42, AABBDD) and Psathyrostachys huashanica Keng (2n = 2x = 14, NsNs) via embryo culture: QY. Conceived and designed the experiments: WD J. Wu. Performed the experiments: WD J. Wang YP YL XC. Analyzed the data: JZ QY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YP XC JZ QY. Wrote the paper: WD.