About the Authors

Xiao-juan Deng

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Innovation and Utilization, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Hai-qing Zhang

hunanhongli@aliyun.com

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China, State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan, China

Yue Wang

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Innovation and Utilization, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Feng He

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China, State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Jin-ling Liu

Affiliation College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Xiao Xiao

Affiliation College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Zhi-feng Shu

Affiliation College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Wei Li

Affiliation College of Plant Preservation, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Guo-huai Wang

Affiliation College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Guo-liang Wang

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Innovation and Utilization, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China, State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China, Department of Plant Pathology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: HqZ GlW. Analyzed the data: XjD YW JlL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XjD HqZ YW. Wrote the paper: XjD HqZ. Performed Real-time PCR experiments: FH. Contributed to the work in the field: XX. Participated in the extracting of DNA and RNA: ZfS. Contributed to design of the writing structure: WL. Contributed to modifying the manuscript: GhW.