About the Authors

Xurun Yu

Affiliation Jiangsu Key laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China

Bo Li

Affiliation Jiangsu Yanjiang Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Nantong 226541, China

Leilei Wang

Affiliation Jiangsu Key laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China

Xinyu Chen

Affiliation Jiangsu Key laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China

Wenjun Wang

Affiliation Jiangsu Key laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China

Zhong Wang

Affiliation Jiangsu Key laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China

Fei Xiong

feixiong@yzu.edu.cn

Affiliation Jiangsu Key laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XY. Performed the experiments: XY. Analyzed the data: XC WW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BL. Wrote the paper: XY. Guided the experiment: ZW. Revised the manuscript: LW. Critically read the manuscript: FX.