About the Authors

Xin Zhang

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China, Cotton Research Institute, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan, China

Zhiyong Zhang

Affiliation Cotton Research Institute, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan, China

Qinglian Wang

Affiliation Cotton Research Institute, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan, China

Peng Chen

Affiliation College of Agronomy, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Guoping Chen

Affiliation College of Agronomy, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Ruiyang Zhou

ruiyangzhou@yahoo.com.cn

Affiliation College of Agronomy, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XZ ZZ QW PC GC RZ. Performed the experiments: XZ GC RZ. Analyzed the data: XZ ZZ QW PC RZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XZ ZZ QW PC GC RZ. Wrote the paper: XZ ZZ PC RZ.