About the Authors

Yan Dong

Affiliation Institute of Crop Science/National Wheat Improvement Center, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Jindong Liu

Affiliation Institute of Crop Science/National Wheat Improvement Center, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Yan Zhang

Affiliation Institute of Crop Science/National Wheat Improvement Center, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Hongwei Geng

Affiliation College of Agronomy, Xinjiang Agricultural University, 311 Nongda East Road, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830052, China

Awais Rasheed

Affiliations Institute of Crop Science/National Wheat Improvement Center, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) China Office, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Yonggui Xiao

Affiliation Institute of Crop Science/National Wheat Improvement Center, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Shuanghe Cao

Affiliation Institute of Crop Science/National Wheat Improvement Center, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Luping Fu

Affiliation Institute of Crop Science/National Wheat Improvement Center, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Jun Yan

Affiliation Cotton Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan, China

Weie Wen

Affiliations Institute of Crop Science/National Wheat Improvement Center, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China, College of Agronomy, Xinjiang Agricultural University, 311 Nongda East Road, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830052, China

Yong Zhang

Affiliation Institute of Crop Science/National Wheat Improvement Center, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Ruilian Jing

Affiliation Institute of Crop Science/National Wheat Improvement Center, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Xianchun Xia

Affiliation Institute of Crop Science/National Wheat Improvement Center, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Zhonghu He

zhhecaas@163.com

Affiliations Institute of Crop Science/National Wheat Improvement Center, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) China Office, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: Yan Zhang XCX ZHH. Data curation: YD AR JDL WEW. Formal analysis: YD JDL AR WEW. Funding acquisition: HWG YGX SHC XCX ZHH. Investigation: YD JDL HWG YGX LPF JY WEW. Methodology: YD Yan Zhang HWG YGX SHC LPF JY WEW Yong Zhang RLJ. Project administration: HWG YGX SHC XCX ZHH. Resources: JDL JY WEW Yong Zhang. Supervision: XCX ZHH. Writing – original draft: YD. Writing – review & editing: Yan Zhang AR SHC XCX ZHH.