About the Authors
- Guozheng Liu
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Affiliation Department of Breeding Research, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Stadt Seeland, Germany
- Yusheng Zhao
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Affiliation Department of Breeding Research, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Stadt Seeland, Germany
- Manje Gowda
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Current address: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Nairobi, Kenya
Affiliation State Plant Breeding Institute, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
- C. Friedrich H. Longin
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Affiliation State Plant Breeding Institute, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
- Jochen C. Reif
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* E-mail: reif@ipk-gatersleben.de
Affiliation Department of Breeding Research, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Stadt Seeland, Germany
- Michael F. Mette
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Current address: Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Affiliation Department of Breeding Research, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Stadt Seeland, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JCR YZ. Performed the experiments: CFHL. Analyzed the data: GL YZ MG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCR. Wrote the paper: GL JCR MFM.