About the Authors

Pei Xu

Affiliation Institute of Vegetables, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China

Xiaohua Wu

Affiliation Institute of Vegetables, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China

Baogen Wang

Affiliation Institute of Vegetables, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China

Yonghua Liu

Affiliation Institute of Vegetables, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China

Jeffery D. Ehlers

Affiliation Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Timothy J. Close

Affiliation Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Philip A. Roberts

Affiliation Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Ndeye-Ndack Diop

Affiliation Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Dehui Qin

Affiliation Institute of Vegetables, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China

Tingting Hu

Affiliation Institute of Vegetables, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China

Zhongfu Lu

Affiliation Institute of Vegetables, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China

Guojing Li

Guojing_li@Yahoo.com.cn

Affiliation Institute of Vegetables, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PX GL. Performed the experiments: PX DQ YL TH. Analyzed the data: PX N-ND. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XW BW JDE TJC PAR ZL. Wrote the paper: PX JDE.