About the Authors

Ning Xiao

Contributed equally to this work with: Ning Xiao, Wei-nan Huang

Affiliations College of Bioscience and Biotechnology and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, Lixiahe Agricultural Research Institute of Jiangsu Province, National Rice Industry Technology System of Yangzhou Comprehensive Experimental Station, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Wei-nan Huang

Contributed equally to this work with: Ning Xiao, Wei-nan Huang

Affiliation College of Bioscience and Biotechnology and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Xiao-xiang Zhang

Affiliation Lixiahe Agricultural Research Institute of Jiangsu Province, National Rice Industry Technology System of Yangzhou Comprehensive Experimental Station, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Yong Gao

Affiliation College of Bioscience and Biotechnology and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Ai-hong Li

Affiliation Lixiahe Agricultural Research Institute of Jiangsu Province, National Rice Industry Technology System of Yangzhou Comprehensive Experimental Station, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Yi Dai

Affiliation College of Bioscience and Biotechnology and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Ling Yu

Affiliation Lixiahe Agricultural Research Institute of Jiangsu Province, National Rice Industry Technology System of Yangzhou Comprehensive Experimental Station, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Guang-qing Liu

Affiliation Lixiahe Agricultural Research Institute of Jiangsu Province, National Rice Industry Technology System of Yangzhou Comprehensive Experimental Station, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Cun-hong Pan

Affiliation Lixiahe Agricultural Research Institute of Jiangsu Province, National Rice Industry Technology System of Yangzhou Comprehensive Experimental Station, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Yu-hong Li

Affiliation Lixiahe Agricultural Research Institute of Jiangsu Province, National Rice Industry Technology System of Yangzhou Comprehensive Experimental Station, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Zheng-yuan Dai

yzxiaoning@gmail.com (ZD); jmchen@yzu.edu.cn (JC)

Affiliation Lixiahe Agricultural Research Institute of Jiangsu Province, National Rice Industry Technology System of Yangzhou Comprehensive Experimental Station, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Jian-min Chen

yzxiaoning@gmail.com (ZD); jmchen@yzu.edu.cn (JC)

Affiliation College of Bioscience and Biotechnology and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NX ZYD JMC. Performed the experiments: YG XXZ YHL. Analyzed the data: WNH LY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GQL CHP. Wrote the paper: NX JMC. DNA extraction and molecular marker identification: AHL YD.