About the Authors

Dongao Huo

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China

Qiang Ning

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China

Xiaomeng Shen

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China

Lei Liu

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China

Zuxin Zhang

zuxinzhang@mail.hzau.edu.cn

Affiliations National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China, Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain Crops, Jingzhou 434025, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DH ZZ. Performed the experiments: DH QN XS LL. Analyzed the data: DH LL. Wrote the paper: DH ZZ.