About the Authors

Qingchun Pan

Affiliation National Maize Improvement Center of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Farhan Ali

Affiliations National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China, Cereal Crops Research Institute (CCRI) Nowshera, Kyber Pukhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Xiaohong Yang

Affiliation National Maize Improvement Center of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Jiansheng Li

Affiliation National Maize Improvement Center of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Jianbing Yan

yjianbing@mail.hzau.edu.cn

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JY. Performed the experiments: QP XY. Analyzed the data: QP JY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FA XY JL. Wrote the paper: QP FA JY.