About the Authors

Chunxia He

Affiliation College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Yunyan Yang

Affiliation College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Mingming Zhang

Affiliation College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Jeffrey L. Price

zhaozw@cau.edu.cn

Affiliation University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Zhangwu Zhao

zhaozw@cau.edu.cn

Affiliation College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZZ. Performed the experiments: CH YY MZ. Analyzed the data: CH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZZ. Wrote the manuscript: CH ZZ JP.