About the Authors
- Gengshen Chen
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Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- Xiaoming Wang
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Affiliation Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
- Junjie Hao
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Affiliation Institute of Plant Protection, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
- Jianbing Yan
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Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- Junqiang Ding
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* E-mail: dingjunqiang1203@163.com
Affiliations National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China, College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
Competing Interests
DuPont Pioneer Company and Dunhuang Pioneer Company provided funds for this research project and participated in discussion on experimental design. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JD JY. Performed the experiments: GC JH XW. Analyzed the data: GC XW JD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JY. Wrote the paper: JD.