About the Authors

Qin Zhao

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Jun Zou

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

Jinling Meng

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

Shiyong Mei

Affiliation Hubei Academy of Agricultural Science, Wuhan, China

Jianbo Wang

jbwang@whu.edu.cn

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JW. Performed the experiments: QZ JW. Analyzed the data: QZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JZ JM SM. Wrote the manuscript: QZ JZ JW.