About the Authors
- Fengqun Yu
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* E-mail: fengqun.yu@agr.gc.ca
Affiliation Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Xingguo Zhang
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Current address: Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
Affiliation Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Zhen Huang
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Current address: Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
Affiliation Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Mingguang Chu
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Affiliation Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Tao Song
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Affiliation Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Kevin C. Falk
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Affiliation Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Abhinandan Deora
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Current address: Syngenta Canada Inc., Plattsville, Ontario, Canada
Affiliation Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- Qilin Chen
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Affiliation Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Yan Zhang
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Affiliation Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Linda McGregor
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Affiliation Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Bruce D. Gossen
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Affiliation Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Mary Ruth McDonald
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Affiliation Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- Gary Peng
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Affiliation Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Competing Interests
This study was funded by www.fundingconsortium.ca. There are no patents, products in development, or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FY GP KCF. Performed the experiments: XZ ZH QC YZ LM AD BDG MRM. Analyzed the data: FY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MC TS. Wrote the paper: FY.