About the Authors

Jie Xu

Affiliation Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Congfeng Li

Affiliation Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Huitao Liu

Affiliation Institute of Agricultural Environment and Research Center, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, China

Peilu Zhou

Affiliation Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Zhiqiang Tao

Affiliation Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Pu Wang

Affiliation College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Qingfeng Meng

Mengqfcau@gmail.com (QM); zhaomingcau@163.net (MZ)

Affiliation Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Ming Zhao

Mengqfcau@gmail.com (QM); zhaomingcau@163.net (MZ)

Affiliation Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MZ JX QM CL. Performed the experiments: JX HL. Analyzed the data: JX QM MZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JX CL PZ ZT PW. Wrote the paper: QM JX.