About the Authors

Rugen Xu

Contributed equally to this work with: Rugen Xu, Junmei Wang

Affiliation Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology and Barley Research Institution of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

Junmei Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Rugen Xu, Junmei Wang

Affiliation Institute of Crop and Nuclear Technology Utilization, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China

Chengdao Li

Affiliation Department of Agriculture and Food, Government of Western Australia, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Peter Johnson

Affiliation Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Kings Meadows, Tasmania, Australia

Chao Lu

Affiliation Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology and Barley Research Institution of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

Meixue Zhou

Meixue.Zhou@utas.edu.au

Affiliation Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Kings Meadows, Tasmania, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MZ. Performed the experiments: RX PJ C. Lu MZ. Analyzed the data: MZ. Wrote the paper: MZ C. Li. Map construction: JW MZ.