Robert Horton, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, US, Joshua L. Heitman, Crop and Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, Tusheng Ren, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, Xinhua Xiao, Alabama A&M University, Huntsvillie, AL, Yuki Kojima, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu University, Gifu City, Gifu, Japan, Xiao Zhang, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, Pukhraj Kaur Deol, North Carolina State University, Beaverton, OR and Hailong He, No. 3, South Section, Xinong Road, Northwest A&F University - China, Yangling, --, CHINA