About the Authors

Chuan Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Chuan Li, Cheng Wang

Affiliations State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology and Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization (MOE), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, National Plant Gene Research Centre (Beijing), Beijing, China

Cheng Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Chuan Li, Cheng Wang

Affiliations State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology and Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization (MOE), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, National Plant Gene Research Centre (Beijing), Beijing, China

Lingxue Meng

Affiliations State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology and Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization (MOE), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, National Plant Gene Research Centre (Beijing), Beijing, China

Jiewen Xing

Affiliations State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology and Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization (MOE), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, National Plant Gene Research Centre (Beijing), Beijing, China

Tianya Wang

Affiliations State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology and Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization (MOE), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, National Plant Gene Research Centre (Beijing), Beijing, China

Hua Yang

Affiliations State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology and Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization (MOE), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, National Plant Gene Research Centre (Beijing), Beijing, China

Yingyin Yao

Affiliations State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology and Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization (MOE), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, National Plant Gene Research Centre (Beijing), Beijing, China

Huiru Peng

Affiliations State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology and Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization (MOE), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, National Plant Gene Research Centre (Beijing), Beijing, China

Zhaorong Hu

Affiliations State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology and Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization (MOE), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, National Plant Gene Research Centre (Beijing), Beijing, China

Qixin Sun

Affiliations State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology and Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization (MOE), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, National Plant Gene Research Centre (Beijing), Beijing, China

Zhongfu Ni

nizf@cau.edu.cn

Affiliations State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology and Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization (MOE), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, National Plant Gene Research Centre (Beijing), Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZFN QXS. Performed the experiments: CL CW LXM. Analyzed the data: CL JWX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TYW HY YYY HRP ZRH. Wrote the paper: ZFN CL.