About the Authors

Weiyang Zhang

Affiliation Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

Zhuanqin Cao

Affiliation Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

Qun Zhou

Affiliation Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

Jing Chen

Affiliation Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

Gengwen Xu

Affiliation Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

Junfei Gu

Affiliation Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

Lijun Liu

Affiliation Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

Zhiqin Wang

Affiliation Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

Jianchang Yang

Affiliation Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

Hao Zhang

haozhang@yzu.edu.cn

Affiliation Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: HZ JY. Data curation: WZ ZC. Formal analysis: WZ ZC. Funding acquisition: LL ZW JY HZ. Investigation: WZ ZC QZ JC GX. Methodology: WZ ZC QZ JC GX. Project administration: HZ. Resources: HZ JY. Software: WZ ZC. Supervision: HZ. Validation: WZ HZ. Visualization: WZ HZ. Writing – original draft: WZ. Writing – review & editing: HZ JG JY.