About the Authors

Jian-Bo Xie

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Zhenglin Du

Affiliation Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China

Lanqing Bai

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Changfu Tian

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Yunzhi Zhang

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Jiu-Yan Xie

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Tianshu Wang

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Xiaomeng Liu

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Xi Chen

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Qi Cheng

chengqi@caas.cn (QC); sanfeng_chen@126.com (SC)

Affiliation Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China

Sanfeng Chen

chengqi@caas.cn (QC); sanfeng_chen@126.com (SC)

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Jilun Li

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC. Performed the experiments: JBX LB YZ JYX TW XL XC. Analyzed the data: JBX SC JL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZD QC CT. Wrote the paper: SC.