About the Authors
- Changnian Song
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Affiliation College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- Jinggui Fang
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* E-mail: fanggg@njau.edu.cn
Affiliation College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- Chen Wang
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Affiliation College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- Lei Guo
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Affiliation College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- Kibet Korir Nicholas
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Affiliation College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- Zhengqiang Ma
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Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JF ZM. Performed the experiments: CS CW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LG. Wrote the paper: CS JF KKN. Conceived, designed and coordinated the study: CS JF. Participated in the design and coordination the study: ZM LG. Constructed the small RNA library: CW. Revised the paper: JF KKN. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.