About the Authors

Jing Wang

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Clare J. Hopkins

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Jinna Hou

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Xiaoxiao Zou

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Chongnan Wang

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Yan Long

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Smita Kurup

Affiliation Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts, United Kingdom

Graham J. King

graham.king@scu.edu.au (GJK); jmeng@mail.hzau.edu.cn (JM)

Affiliation Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia

Jinling Meng

graham.king@scu.edu.au (GJK); jmeng@mail.hzau.edu.cn (JM)

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JW GK JM. Performed the experiments: JW. Analyzed the data: JW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CH JH XZ CW YL SK. Wrote the paper: JW GK JM. Helped conceive the study and revised the manuscript: SK YL. Secured funds (20100480915): JW.