About the Authors
- Fuhui Xu
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Affiliation School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Zhixue Liu
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Affiliation School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Hongyan Xie
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Affiliation School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Jian Zhu
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Affiliation School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Juren Zhang
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Affiliation School of Life Science, Shandong University, Shandong, China
- Josef Kraus
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Affiliation KWS SAAT AG, Einbeck, Germany
- Tasja Blaschnig
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Affiliation KWS SAAT AG, Einbeck, Germany
- Reinhard Nehls
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Affiliation KWS SAAT AG, Einbeck, Germany
- Hong Wang
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* E-mail: hong.wang@kws.com
Affiliations School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, KWS SAAT AG, Einbeck, Germany
Competing Interests
The work is financially supported by KWS SAAT AG, the employer of JK, TB, RN, and HW. KWS SAAT AG participated in the study design, data analysis, decision to publish and preparation of manuscript via HW. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HW FX ZL RN. Performed the experiments: FX TB HX. Analyzed the data: FX HW ZL JZ JZ JK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FX TB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: HW FX.