About the Authors

Bin Wang

Affiliations College of Agronomy, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Amarillo, Amarillo, Texas, 79106, United States of America

Yinghua Zhang

Affiliation College of Agronomy, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China

Baozhen Hao

Affiliation School of Science and Technology, Xinxiang University, Xinxiang, Henan, 453003, China

Xuexin Xu

Affiliation College of Agronomy, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China

Zhigan Zhao

Affiliation College of Agronomy, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China

Zhimin Wang

zhimin206@263.net (ZW); qxue@ag.tamu.edu (QX)

Affiliation College of Agronomy, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China

Qingwu Xue

zhimin206@263.net (ZW); qxue@ag.tamu.edu (QX)

Affiliation Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Amarillo, Amarillo, Texas, 79106, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZW YZ BW. Performed the experiments: BW XX. Analyzed the data: BW ZW QX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BW ZW YZ QX BH ZZ. Wrote the paper: BW YZ QX ZW.