**Author details**

Li Fan1 , Claudine Dubé<sup>2</sup> and Shahrokh Khanizadeh<sup>3</sup> \*

\*Address all correspondence to: shahrokh.khanizadeh@agr.gc.ca

1 College of Agronomy, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, PR China

2 Quebec Research and Development Centre, Gouin Boulevard Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec

3 Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Carling Avenue, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario
