About the Authors

Jiaqi Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jiaqi Zhang, Zhineng Li, Cong Guo

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R. China

Zhineng Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Jiaqi Zhang, Zhineng Li, Cong Guo

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R. China

Cong Guo

Contributed equally to this work with: Jiaqi Zhang, Zhineng Li, Cong Guo

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R. China

Guofeng Liu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R. China

Manzhu Bao

mzbao@mail.hzau.edu.cn

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JQZ ZNL CG GFL MZB. Performed the experiments: JQZ ZNL CG. Analyzed the data: JQZ ZNL CG GFL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JQZ ZNL CG. Wrote the paper: JQZ MZB.