About the Authors

Zhaorong Hu

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhaorong Hu, Na Song

Affiliations State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis, Utilization (MOE), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, National Plant Gene Research Centre, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Na Song

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhaorong Hu, Na Song

Affiliations State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis, Utilization (MOE), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, National Plant Gene Research Centre, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Jiewen Xing

Affiliations State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis, Utilization (MOE), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, National Plant Gene Research Centre, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Yanhong Chen

Affiliations State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis, Utilization (MOE), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, National Plant Gene Research Centre, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Zongfu Han

Affiliations State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis, Utilization (MOE), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, National Plant Gene Research Centre, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Yingyin Yao

Affiliations State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis, Utilization (MOE), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, National Plant Gene Research Centre, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Huiru Peng

Affiliations State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis, Utilization (MOE), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, National Plant Gene Research Centre, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Zhongfu Ni

Affiliations State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis, Utilization (MOE), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, National Plant Gene Research Centre, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Qixin Sun

qxsun@cau.edu.cn

Affiliations State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis, Utilization (MOE), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, National Plant Gene Research Centre, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZFN QXS. Performed the experiments: ZRH NS ZFH YHC. Analyzed the data: ZRH NS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JWX ZFH YYY HRP. Wrote the paper: ZRH ZFN QXS.