About the Authors

Xiuzi Tianpei

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice; Key Laboratory for Research and Utilization of Heterosis in Indica Rice of Ministry of Agriculture; Engineering Research Center for Plant Biotechology and Germplasm Utilization of Ministry of Education; College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Yingguo Zhu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice; Key Laboratory for Research and Utilization of Heterosis in Indica Rice of Ministry of Agriculture; Engineering Research Center for Plant Biotechology and Germplasm Utilization of Ministry of Education; College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Shaoqing Li

shaoqingli@whu.edu.cn

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice; Key Laboratory for Research and Utilization of Heterosis in Indica Rice of Ministry of Agriculture; Engineering Research Center for Plant Biotechology and Germplasm Utilization of Ministry of Education; College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SQL YGZ XZTP. Performed the experiments: XZTP. Analyzed the data: XZTP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XZTP. Wrote the paper: XZTP SQL.