About the Authors

An-Dong Gong

Affiliations Molecular Biotechnology Laboratory of Triticeae Crops, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People’s Republic of China, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People’s Republic of China

He-Ping Li

Affiliations Molecular Biotechnology Laboratory of Triticeae Crops, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People’s Republic of China, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People’s Republic of China

Qing-Song Yuan

Affiliations Molecular Biotechnology Laboratory of Triticeae Crops, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People’s Republic of China, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People’s Republic of China

Xiu-Shi Song

Affiliations Molecular Biotechnology Laboratory of Triticeae Crops, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People’s Republic of China, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People’s Republic of China

Wei Yao

Affiliations Molecular Biotechnology Laboratory of Triticeae Crops, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People’s Republic of China, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People’s Republic of China

Wei-Jie He

Affiliations Molecular Biotechnology Laboratory of Triticeae Crops, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People’s Republic of China, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People’s Republic of China

Jing-Bo Zhang

Affiliations Molecular Biotechnology Laboratory of Triticeae Crops, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People’s Republic of China, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People’s Republic of China

Yu-Cai Liao

yucailiao@mail.hzau.edu.cn

Affiliations Molecular Biotechnology Laboratory of Triticeae Crops, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People’s Republic of China, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AG HL YL. Performed the experiments: AG. Analyzed the data: AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AG QY XS WY WH JZ. Wrote the paper: AG YL.