About the Authors

Peng Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Peng Zhang, Ting Wei

Affiliations The Chinese Institute of Water-Saving Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, Key Laboratory of Crop Physi-Ecology and Tillage Science in Northwestern Loess Plateau, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Ting Wei

Contributed equally to this work with: Peng Zhang, Ting Wei

Affiliations The Chinese Institute of Water-Saving Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, Key Laboratory of Crop Physi-Ecology and Tillage Science in Northwestern Loess Plateau, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Zhikuan Jia

jiazhk@126.com

Affiliations The Chinese Institute of Water-Saving Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, Key Laboratory of Crop Physi-Ecology and Tillage Science in Northwestern Loess Plateau, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Qingfang Han

Affiliations The Chinese Institute of Water-Saving Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, Key Laboratory of Crop Physi-Ecology and Tillage Science in Northwestern Loess Plateau, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Xiaolong Ren

Affiliations The Chinese Institute of Water-Saving Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, Key Laboratory of Crop Physi-Ecology and Tillage Science in Northwestern Loess Plateau, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Yongping Li

Affiliation Guyuan Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Guyuan, Ningxia, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZJ QH. Performed the experiments: PZ TW. Analyzed the data: PZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XR YL. Wrote the paper: PZ.