About the Authors

Pei Chen

Affiliation Soybean Research Institute, National Center for Soybean Improvement, MOA Key Laboratory for Biology and Genetic Improvement of Soybean (General), National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Xiaolian Zhang

Affiliation Soybean Research Institute, National Center for Soybean Improvement, MOA Key Laboratory for Biology and Genetic Improvement of Soybean (General), National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Tuanjie Zhao

Affiliation Soybean Research Institute, National Center for Soybean Improvement, MOA Key Laboratory for Biology and Genetic Improvement of Soybean (General), National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Yan Li

yanli1@njau.edu.cn (YL); sri@njau.edu.cn (JG)

Affiliation Soybean Research Institute, National Center for Soybean Improvement, MOA Key Laboratory for Biology and Genetic Improvement of Soybean (General), National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Junyi Gai

yanli1@njau.edu.cn (YL); sri@njau.edu.cn (JG)

Affiliation Soybean Research Institute, National Center for Soybean Improvement, MOA Key Laboratory for Biology and Genetic Improvement of Soybean (General), National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PC YL JG. Performed the experiments: PC XZ. Analyzed the data: PC XZ TZ YL JG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PC TZ YL JG. Wrote the paper: PC YL JG. Revised the manuscript: PC XZ TZ YL JG.