About the Authors

Luqing Zheng

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Zhiqiang Cheng

Affiliation Departments of Animal Science and Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Chunxiang Ai

Affiliation Departments of Animal Science and Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Xinhang Jiang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Xiaoshu Bei

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, Departments of Animal Science and Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Ye Zheng

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Raymond P. Glahn

Affiliation United State Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Ross M. Welch

Affiliation United State Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Dennis D. Miller

Affiliation Departments of Animal Science and Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Xin Gen Lei

xl20@cornell.edu (XGL); huixia@zju.edu.cn (HS)

Affiliation Departments of Animal Science and Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Huixia Shou

xl20@cornell.edu (XGL); huixia@zju.edu.cn (HS)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RW XGL HS. Performed the experiments: LZ ZC CA XJ XB YZ. Analyzed the data: LZ XGL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RPG RW DM. Wrote the paper: HS.