About the Authors

Chun Li

Affiliation Henan Sesame Research Center, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China

Hongmei Miao

Affiliation Henan Sesame Research Center, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China

Libin Wei

Affiliation Henan Sesame Research Center, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China

Tide Zhang

Affiliation Henan Sesame Research Center, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China

Xiuhua Han

Affiliation Henan Sesame Research Center, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China

Haiyang Zhang

zhy@hnagri.org.cn

Affiliation Henan Sesame Research Center, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HZ. Performed the experiments: CL HM LW. Analyzed the data: CL HM LW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TZ XH. Wrote the paper: CL HM LW.