About the Authors

Yunnan Hou

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Keke Cheng

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Zehua Li

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Xiaohui Ma

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Yahong Wei

yahongwei@nwsuaf.edu.cn

Affiliations College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, Biomass Energy Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Lei Zhang

Affiliations College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Yao Wang

Affiliations College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Y. Wei YH. Performed the experiments: YH KC. Analyzed the data: YH Y. Wei. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YH KC. Wrote the paper: YH Y. Wei. Revised the manuscript: Y. Wang ZL LZ XM.