About the Authors

Pengfei Leng

Affiliation Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, PR China

Zhiming Zhang

Affiliation Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, PR China

Qian Li

Affiliation Chongqing College of Humanities, Science and Technology, School of Foreign Languages, Hechuan District, Chongqing, PR China

Maojun Zhao

wlisa0920@163.com (MZ); pfleng@163.com (GP)

Affiliation College of Life and Basic Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Sichuan Ya’an, PR China

Guangtang Pan

wlisa0920@163.com (MZ); pfleng@163.com (GP)

Affiliation Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, PR China

Competing Interests

The authors declare that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PL ZZ MZ GP. Performed the experiments: PL. Analyzed the data: PL GP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PL MZ. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: PL QL.