About the Authors

Deng Gang

Contributed equally to this work with: Deng Gang, Zhong Xinyue

Affiliations MOA Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China, School of Agricultural Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Zhong Xinyue

Contributed equally to this work with: Deng Gang, Zhong Xinyue

Affiliation MOA Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Zhang Na

Affiliation Wuhan Agriculture and Science Institute, Huangpi District, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Lao Chengying

Affiliation MOA Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Wang Bo

Affiliation MOA Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Peng Dingxiang

Affiliation MOA Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Liu Lijun

liulijun@mail.hzau.edu.cn

Affiliation MOA Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DG ZXY LLJ. Performed the experiments: DG ZXY LLJ. Analyzed the data: DG ZXY LLJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DG ZXY ZN LCY WB PDX LLJ. Wrote the paper: DG LLJ. Response to the reviewers' comments: DG ZXY LLJ. Submitted to the journal: DG.