Acknowledgements
This project was financially supported by the National Transformation
Science and Technology Program (2014ZX08001-006) and the Key
Laboratory of Biology, Genetics and Breeding of Japonica Rice in
Mid-lower Yangtze River, Ministry of Agriculture of China and
Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production.
Author's Contributions
SB performed the most part of the experiments, analyzed the data and
wrote the manuscript. NH, LZ, and BS helped to identify the
transformed plants by PCR. Wei Wu constructed the interference
vectors. XL was mainly responsible for the planting and management in
the field. LJ and JW designed and directed to the experiments, wrote
and revised the manuscript.
Conflict of Interest
All the authors agree on the contents of the paper and declare that
they have no conflict of interest.