About the Authors

Yeon Bok Kim

Contributed equally to this work with: Yeon Bok Kim, Jae Kwang Kim

Affiliation Department of Crop Science, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Jae Kwang Kim

Contributed equally to this work with: Yeon Bok Kim, Jae Kwang Kim

Affiliation National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Republic of Korea

Md. Romij Uddin

Affiliation Department of Crop Science, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Hui Xu

Affiliation College of Life Science, Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities, Inner Mongolia, China

Woo Tae Park

Affiliation Department of Crop Science, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Pham Anh Tuan

Affiliation Department of Crop Science, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Xiaohua Li

Affiliation Department of Crop Science, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Eunsook Chung

Affiliation Department of Genetic Engineering, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea

Jai-Heon Lee

Affiliation Department of Genetic Engineering, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea

Sang Un Park

supark@cnu.ac.kr

Affiliation Department of Crop Science, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: J-HL SUP. Performed the experiments: YBK JKK HX PAT WTP XL. Analyzed the data: YBK JKK EC. Wrote the paper: YBK JKK MRU SUP.