About the Authors

Zhenyue Lin

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhenyue Lin, Shiqiang Xu

Affiliations Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China

Shiqiang Xu

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhenyue Lin, Shiqiang Xu

Affiliation Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Youxiong Que

Affiliation Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China

Jihua Wang

Affiliation Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Jack C. Comstock

Affiliation USDA-ARS-Sugarcane Field Station, Canal Point, Florida, United States of America

Jinjin Wei

Affiliation Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China

Per H. McCord

Affiliation USDA-ARS-Sugarcane Field Station, Canal Point, Florida, United States of America

Baoshan Chen

Affiliation Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Rukai Chen

Affiliation Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China

Muqing Zhang

mqzhang@ufl.edu

Affiliations Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MQZ JC BSC RKC. Performed the experiments: ZYL SQX JHW JJW. Analyzed the data: MQZ YXQ ZYL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZYL SQX JHW JJW. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MQZ JC PHM ZYL YXQ.