About the Authors

Jingru Sun

Affiliation National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

Xiao Zhang

Affiliation National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

Chuanjian Cao

Affiliation Forest Pest control and Quarantine Station of Ningxia, Yinchuan, China

Xindi Mei

Affiliation National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

Ningning Wang

Affiliation National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

Suli Yan

Affiliation National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

Shixiang Zong

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation, Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

Youqing Luo

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation, Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

Haijun Yang

ybshen@bjfu.edu.cn (YS); cyhj@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn (HY)

Affiliation Beijing Key Laboratory for Microanalytical Methods and Instrumentation, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Yingbai Shen

ybshen@bjfu.edu.cn (YS); cyhj@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn (HY)

Affiliation National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YS JS. Performed the experiments: JS HY XZ. Analyzed the data: JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HY CC SZ YL. Wrote the paper: JS. Provided valuable discussion and corrected the manuscript: XM. Planted seedlings and raised larvae of Orgyia ericae: NW SY.