About the Authors
- Xuhao Pan
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Contributed equally to this work with: Xuhao Pan, Qijun Zhang
Affiliations Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China, Rice Research and Extension Center, University of Arkansas, Stuttgart, Arkansas, United States of America, USDA-ARS, Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, Stuttgart, Arkansas, United States of America
- Qijun Zhang
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Contributed equally to this work with: Xuhao Pan, Qijun Zhang
Affiliation Institute of Food Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
- Wengui Yan
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* E-mail: Wengui.Yan@ars.usda.gov (WY); lishigui_sc@263.net (SL)
Affiliation USDA-ARS, Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, Stuttgart, Arkansas, United States of America
- Melissa Jia
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Affiliation USDA-ARS, Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, Stuttgart, Arkansas, United States of America
- Aaron Jackson
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Affiliation USDA-ARS, Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, Stuttgart, Arkansas, United States of America
- Xiaobai Li
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Affiliation State Key Lab of Rice Biology, Institute of Nuclear-Agriculture Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Limeng Jia
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Affiliation The Institute of Virology and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Zhejiang, China
- Bihu Huang
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Affiliation University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States of America
- Peizhou Xu
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Affiliation Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- Fernando Correa-Victoria
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Affiliation RiceTec, Inc., Alvin, Texas, United States of America
- Shigui Li
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* E-mail: Wengui.Yan@ars.usda.gov (WY); lishigui_sc@263.net (SL)
Affiliation USDA-ARS, Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, Stuttgart, Arkansas, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors declare that no conflict of interest exists in the submission of this manuscript that is approved by all authors for publication, and there are no competing interests from the affiliations of the authors including RiceTec., Inc. The authors further declare the affiliation(s) to this company (Fernando Correa-Victoria), along with any other relevant declarations relating to employment, consultancy, patents, products in development or marketed products etc. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: WY FC SL. Analyzed the data: XP QZ MJ AJ XL LJ BH PX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WY MJ AJ FC. Wrote the paper: XP WY QZ AJ.