About the Authors

Yang Zhao

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Crop Biology of Anhui Province, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China

Yuqiong Zhou

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Crop Biology of Anhui Province, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China

Haiyang Jiang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Crop Biology of Anhui Province, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China

Xiaoyu Li

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Crop Biology of Anhui Province, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China

Defang Gan

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Crop Biology of Anhui Province, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China

Xiaojian Peng

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Crop Biology of Anhui Province, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China

Suwen Zhu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Crop Biology of Anhui Province, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China

Beijiu Cheng

bjchengahau@163.com

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Crop Biology of Anhui Province, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Y. Zhao BC. Performed the experiments: Y. Zhao DG. Analyzed the data: Y. Zhao Y. Zhou XL XP. Wrote the paper: Y. Zhao BC. Participated in the design of the study: HJ SZ. Revised the manuscript: HJ SZ.