About the Authors

Ting Wei

Affiliations The Chinese Institute of Water-saving Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China, Key Laboratory of Crop Physi-ecology and Tillage Science in Northwestern Loess Plateau, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China

Peng Zhang

Affiliations The Chinese Institute of Water-saving Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China, Key Laboratory of Crop Physi-ecology and Tillage Science in Northwestern Loess Plateau, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China

Ke Wang

Affiliations The Chinese Institute of Water-saving Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China, Key Laboratory of Crop Physi-ecology and Tillage Science in Northwestern Loess Plateau, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China

Ruixia Ding

Affiliations The Chinese Institute of Water-saving Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China, Key Laboratory of Crop Physi-ecology and Tillage Science in Northwestern Loess Plateau, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China

Baoping Yang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Crop Physi-ecology and Tillage Science in Northwestern Loess Plateau, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China

Junfeng Nie

Affiliations The Chinese Institute of Water-saving Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China, Key Laboratory of Crop Physi-ecology and Tillage Science in Northwestern Loess Plateau, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China

Zhikuan Jia

hanqf88@nwsuaf.edu.cn (QH); jiazhk@126.com (ZJ)

Affiliations The Chinese Institute of Water-saving Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China, Key Laboratory of Crop Physi-ecology and Tillage Science in Northwestern Loess Plateau, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China

Qingfang Han

hanqf88@nwsuaf.edu.cn (QH); jiazhk@126.com (ZJ)

Affiliations The Chinese Institute of Water-saving Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China, Key Laboratory of Crop Physi-ecology and Tillage Science in Northwestern Loess Plateau, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZJ QH. Performed the experiments: TW PZ. Analyzed the data: TW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RD BY JN. Wrote the paper: TW. Reviewed the manuscript: KW.