About the Authors

Lixia Ku

Affiliation College of Agronomy and Key Laboratory of Physiological Ecology and Genetic Improvement of Food Crops in Henan Province, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China

Xiaomin Wei

Affiliations College of Agronomy and Key Laboratory of Physiological Ecology and Genetic Improvement of Food Crops in Henan Province, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China, Zhengzhou College of Animal Husbandry Engineering, Zhengzhou, China

Shaofang Zhang

Affiliation College of Agronomy and Key Laboratory of Physiological Ecology and Genetic Improvement of Food Crops in Henan Province, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China

Jun Zhang

Affiliation College of Agronomy and Key Laboratory of Physiological Ecology and Genetic Improvement of Food Crops in Henan Province, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China

Shulei Guo

Affiliation College of Agronomy and Key Laboratory of Physiological Ecology and Genetic Improvement of Food Crops in Henan Province, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China

Yanhui Chen

chy9890@163.com

Affiliation College of Agronomy and Key Laboratory of Physiological Ecology and Genetic Improvement of Food Crops in Henan Province, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YC LK. Performed the experiments: SZ XW LK SG. Analyzed the data: JZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YC. Wrote the paper: LK.