About the Authors

Xiaoyan Li

Current address: Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Affiliations Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Xue Wang

Current address: College of Agronomy, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China

Affiliation Nematology Institute of Northern China, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China

Shaopeng Zhang

Affiliations Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Dawei Liu

Affiliation Nematology Institute of Northern China, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China

Yuxi Duan

dongw@genomics.org.cn (WD); duanyx6407@163.com (YD)

Affiliation Nematology Institute of Northern China, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China

Wei Dong

dongw@genomics.org.cn (WD); duanyx6407@163.com (YD)

Affiliation Beijing Genomics Institute, Hangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XL WD YD. Wrote the paper: XL. Carried out the small RNA cloning and library sequencing: XL SZ. Performed the quantitative RT-PCR analysis: XL XW DL. Performed the data management, processing and analysis: XL. Prepared the plant materials: XW DL. Critically revised the article: WD YD. Obtained the funding: WD YD.