About the Authors

Xiao Yang

yxiao9@vt.edu

Affiliation Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Virginia Tech, Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States of America

Patricia A. Richardson

Affiliation Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Virginia Tech, Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States of America

Chuanxue Hong

Affiliation Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Virginia Tech, Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XY CH. Performed the experiments: XY PR. Analyzed the data: XY PR CH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XY CH. Wrote the paper: XY PR CH.