About the Authors

Zhilong Bao

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Jian Hua

jh299@cornell.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZB JH. Performed the experiments: ZB. Analyzed the data: ZB JH. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: ZB JH.