About the Authors

Yanli Lu

Affiliations Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Sichuan, China, Global Maize Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Carretera, Mexico-Veracruz, El Batan, Texcoco, Mexico

Trushar Shah

Affiliation International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Zhuanfang Hao

Affiliations Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, National Key Facilities for Crop Genetic Resources and Improvement, Beijing, China, Global Maize Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Carretera, Mexico-Veracruz, El Batan, Texcoco, Mexico

Suketoshi Taba

Affiliation Global Maize Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Carretera, Mexico-Veracruz, El Batan, Texcoco, Mexico

Shihuang Zhang

Affiliation Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, National Key Facilities for Crop Genetic Resources and Improvement, Beijing, China

Shibin Gao

Affiliation Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Sichuan, China

Jian Liu

Affiliation Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Sichuan, China

Moju Cao

Affiliation Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Sichuan, China

Jing Wang

Affiliation Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Sichuan, China

A. Bhanu Prakash

Affiliation International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Tingzhao Rong

rongtz@sicau.edu.cn (TR); y.xu@cgiar.org (YX)

Affiliation Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Sichuan, China

Yunbi Xu

rongtz@sicau.edu.cn (TR); y.xu@cgiar.org (YX)

Affiliations Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, National Key Facilities for Crop Genetic Resources and Improvement, Beijing, China, Global Maize Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Carretera, Mexico-Veracruz, El Batan, Texcoco, Mexico

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YL YX. Performed the experiments: YL ZH TS. Analyzed the data: YL TS JW ABP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SZ ZH ST JL SG MC TR. Wrote the paper: YL YX.