About the Authors

Xiu-liang Jin

Affiliations Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Production Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, China, Beijing Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing, China

Wan-ying Diao

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Oasis Ecology Agriculture of Xinjiang Construction Crops, Shihezi, China

Chun-hua Xiao

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Oasis Ecology Agriculture of Xinjiang Construction Crops, Shihezi, China

Fang-yong Wang

Affiliation Institute of Cotton, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Reclamation Sciences, Shihezi, China

Bing Chen

Affiliation Institute of Cotton, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Reclamation Sciences, Shihezi, China

Ke-ru Wang

wkeru01@163.com (KRW); lishk@mail.caas.net.cn (SKL)

Affiliations Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Production Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, China, Key Laboratory of Oasis Ecology Agriculture of Xinjiang Construction Crops, Shihezi, China

Shao-kun Li

wkeru01@163.com (KRW); lishk@mail.caas.net.cn (SKL)

Affiliations Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Production Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, China, Key Laboratory of Oasis Ecology Agriculture of Xinjiang Construction Crops, Shihezi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XLJ CHX WYD FYW BC SKL. Performed the experiments: XLJ WYD KRW FYW. Analyzed the data: XLJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CHX KRW SKL. Wrote the paper: XLJ SKL KRW.