About the Authors

Dong Ding

Affiliation College of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Physiological Ecology and Genetic Improvement of Food Crops in Henan Province, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China

Weihua Li

Affiliation College of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Physiological Ecology and Genetic Improvement of Food Crops in Henan Province, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China

Guiliang Song

Affiliation College of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Physiological Ecology and Genetic Improvement of Food Crops in Henan Province, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China

Hongyuan Qi

Affiliation College of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Physiological Ecology and Genetic Improvement of Food Crops in Henan Province, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China

Jingbao Liu

Affiliation College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

Jihua Tang

Tangjihua1@163.com

Affiliation College of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Physiological Ecology and Genetic Improvement of Food Crops in Henan Province, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WL JT. Performed the experiments: DD GS HQ. Analyzed the data: JL. Wrote the paper: DD JT.