About the Authors

Xiaoxiao Zou

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

Ida Suppanz

Affiliation Plant Breeding Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Harsh Raman

Affiliation EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation (an alliance between the Charles Sturt University and New South Wales Department of Primary Industries), Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

Jinna Hou

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

Jing Wang

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

Yan Long

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

Christian Jung

Affiliation Plant Breeding Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Jinling Meng

jmeng@mail.hzau.edu.cn

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XZ JM CJ. Performed the experiments: XZ IS. Analyzed the data: XZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JH JW YL. Wrote the paper: XZ HR JM.