About the Authors

Jing An

Affiliation Weed Research Laboratory, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P. R. China

Xuefeng Shen

Affiliation Weed Research Laboratory, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P. R. China

Qibin Ma

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P. R. China

Cunyi Yang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P. R. China

Simin Liu

Affiliation Weed Research Laboratory, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P. R. China

Yong Chen

chenyong@scau.edu.cn

Affiliation Weed Research Laboratory, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JA QBM YC. Performed the experiments: JA SML. Analyzed the data: JA CYY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JA SML. Wrote the paper: JA XFS QBM.