About the Authors

Hai-Fei Yan

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Yun-Jiao Liu

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

Xiu-Feng Xie

Affiliation Tropical Agriculture department, Guangdong Agriculture Industry Business Polytechnic College, Guangzhou, China

Cai-Yun Zhang

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

Chi-Ming Hu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Gang Hao

haogang@scau.edu.cn (GH); xjge@scbg.ac.cn (XJG)

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

Xue-Jun Ge

haogang@scau.edu.cn (GH); xjge@scbg.ac.cn (XJG)

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HFY GH XJG. Performed the experiments: HFY YJL CYZ. Analyzed the data: HFY YJL CYZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CMH GH XFX XJG. Wrote the paper: HFY XJG GH.