About the Authors

Na Liu

Affiliations Laboratory of Genetics Resources & Functional Improvement for Horticultural Plant, Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Growth, Development & Quality Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China

Jinghua Yang

Affiliations Laboratory of Genetics Resources & Functional Improvement for Horticultural Plant, Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Growth, Development & Quality Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China

Shaogui Guo

Affiliation National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Yong Xu

xuyong@nercv.org (YX); mfzhang@zju.edu.cn (MZ)

Affiliation National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Mingfang Zhang

xuyong@nercv.org (YX); mfzhang@zju.edu.cn (MZ)

Affiliations Laboratory of Genetics Resources & Functional Improvement for Horticultural Plant, Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Growth, Development & Quality Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Participated in the data analysis and drafted the manuscript: NL. Participated in the design and coordination the study: JY SG. Conceived of the study, participated in its design and revised this paper: MZ YX. Read and approved the final manuscript: NL JY SG YX MZ.