About the Authors

Zhenjun Li

Affiliation College of Horticulture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Lili Zhang

Affiliations College of Horticulture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, College of life science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Aoxue Wang

Affiliation College of Horticulture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Xiangyang Xu

jfli_neau@yahoo.com.cn (JL); xuxiangyang_neau@yahoo.com.cn (XX)

Affiliations College of Horticulture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Northeast Region), Ministry of Agriculture, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Jingfu Li

jfli_neau@yahoo.com.cn (JL); xuxiangyang_neau@yahoo.com.cn (XX)

Affiliations College of Horticulture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Northeast Region), Ministry of Agriculture, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZL LZ XX JL. Performed the experiments: ZL LZ. Analyzed the data: ZL AW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XX AW. Wrote the paper: ZL.