About the Authors

Haizheng Xiong

Affiliations Department of Horticulture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America, State Key Lab of Rice Biology, IAEA Collaborating Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Ainong Shi

ashi@uark.edu (AS); Beiquan.Mou@ars.usda.gov (BM)

Affiliation Department of Horticulture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

Beiquan Mou

ashi@uark.edu (AS); Beiquan.Mou@ars.usda.gov (BM)

Affiliation US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Salinas, California, United States of America

Jun Qin

Affiliation Department of Horticulture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

Dennis Motes

Affiliation Vegetable Research Center, University of Arkansas, Alma, Arkansas, United States of America

Weiguo Lu

Affiliation Department of Horticulture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

Jianbing Ma

Affiliation Department of Horticulture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

Yuejin Weng

Affiliation Department of Horticulture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

Wei Yang

Affiliation Department of Horticulture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

Dianxing Wu

Affiliation State Key Lab of Rice Biology, IAEA Collaborating Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: AS BM DW. Data curation: HX AS JQ. Formal analysis: HX AS JQ. Funding acquisition: AS BM. Investigation: HX DM WL JM YW WY. Methodology: HX AS JQ. Project administration: AS. Resources: BM DM. Supervision: AS BM DW. Validation: HX WL JM YW WY. Writing - original draft: HX AS JQ. Writing - review & editing: AS BM JQ.