About the Authors

Yue Liu

yong.gu@ars.usda.gov (YQG); yueliu@caas.net.cn (YL)

Affiliations College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China, Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA-ARS), Albany, California, United States of America, Department of Plant Science, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Naxin Huo

Affiliation Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA-ARS), Albany, California, United States of America

Lingli Dong

Affiliation Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA-ARS), Albany, California, United States of America

Yi Wang

Affiliation Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA-ARS), Albany, California, United States of America

Shuixian Zhang

Affiliations College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China, Graduate School, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China

Hugh A. Young

Affiliation Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA-ARS), Albany, California, United States of America

Xiaoxiao Feng

Affiliations College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China, Graduate School, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China

Yong Qiang Gu

yong.gu@ars.usda.gov (YQG); yueliu@caas.net.cn (YL)

Affiliation Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA-ARS), Albany, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YL YQG. Performed the experiments: YL LD SZ XF. Analyzed the data: YL NH LD YW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LD YQG HAY. Wrote the paper: YL YQG HAY.