About the Authors

Meng Zhao

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Plant and Soil Interactions, Ministry of Education, China, and College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Huanhuan Tai

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Plant and Soil Interactions, Ministry of Education, China, and College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Suzhen Sun

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Plant and Soil Interactions, Ministry of Education, China, and College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Fusuo Zhang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Plant and Soil Interactions, Ministry of Education, China, and College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Yunbi Xu

Affiliations Institute of Crop Science, National Key Facilities for Crop Genetic Resources and Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Carretera, Mexico-Veracruz, EI Batan, Texcoco, Mexico

Wen-Xue Li

liwenxue@cau.edu.cn

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Plant and Soil Interactions, Ministry of Education, China, and College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, Institute of Crop Science, National Key Facilities for Crop Genetic Resources and Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: W-XL. Performed the experiments: MZ HT SS. Analyzed the data: W-XL FZ YX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MZ. Wrote the paper: W-XL.