About the Authors

Lingfei Shangguan

Affiliation College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China

Jian Han

Affiliation College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China

Emrul Kayesh

Affiliation College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China

Xin Sun

Affiliation College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China

Changqing Zhang

Affiliation College of Horticulture, Jinling Institute of Technology, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China

Tariq Pervaiz

Affiliation College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China

Xicheng Wen

Affiliation College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China

Jinggui Fang

fanggg@njau.edu.cn

Affiliation College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LFSG JGF. Performed the experiments: LFSG JH CQZ. Analyzed the data: LFSG XS CQZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XS CQZ. Wrote the paper: LFSG EK. Participated in the design and coordination of the study: EK TP XS XCW. Revised the manuscript: LFSG EK CQZ TP JGF.