About the Authors

Lin Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Lin Li, Hui Li

Affiliation National Maize Improvement Center of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Hui Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Lin Li, Hui Li

Affiliation National Maize Improvement Center of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Qing Li

Affiliation National Maize Improvement Center of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Xiaohong Yang

Affiliation National Maize Improvement Center of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Debo Zheng

Affiliation National Maize Improvement Center of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Marilyn Warburton

Affiliation Corn Host Plant Resistance Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America

Yuchao Chai

Affiliation National Maize Improvement Center of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Pan Zhang

Affiliation National Maize Improvement Center of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Yuqiu Guo

Affiliation National Maize Improvement Center of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Jianbing Yan

lijiansheng@cau.edu.cn (JL); yjianbing@gmail.com (JY)

Affiliations National Maize Improvement Center of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, Genetic Resources Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Mexico City, Mexico

Jiansheng Li

lijiansheng@cau.edu.cn (JL); yjianbing@gmail.com (JY)

Affiliation National Maize Improvement Center of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL JY LL. Performed the experiments: LL HL QL XY DZ YC. Analyzed the data: LL HL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PZ YG. Wrote the paper: LL JY MW. Checked the manuscript for important intellectual content: HL JL QL XY.