About the Authors

Kang Wei

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Tea Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, National Center for Tea Improvement, Hangzhou, PR China, National Center for Tea Improvement, Tea Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (TRICAAS), Hangzhou, PR China

Li-Yuan Wang

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Tea Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, National Center for Tea Improvement, Hangzhou, PR China, National Center for Tea Improvement, Tea Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (TRICAAS), Hangzhou, PR China

Li-Yun Wu

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Tea Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, National Center for Tea Improvement, Hangzhou, PR China, National Center for Tea Improvement, Tea Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (TRICAAS), Hangzhou, PR China

Cheng-Cai Zhang

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Tea Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, National Center for Tea Improvement, Hangzhou, PR China, National Center for Tea Improvement, Tea Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (TRICAAS), Hangzhou, PR China

Hai-Lin Li

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Tea Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, National Center for Tea Improvement, Hangzhou, PR China

Li-Qiang Tan

Affiliation National Center for Tea Improvement, Tea Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (TRICAAS), Hangzhou, PR China

Hong-Li Cao

Affiliation National Center for Tea Improvement, Tea Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (TRICAAS), Hangzhou, PR China

Hao Cheng

chenghao@mail.tricaas.com

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Tea Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, National Center for Tea Improvement, Hangzhou, PR China, National Center for Tea Improvement, Tea Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (TRICAAS), Hangzhou, PR China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KW H. Cheng. Performed the experiments: KW L. Wang L. Wu CZ LT H. Cao. Analyzed the data: KW L. Wang HL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KW H. Cheng L. Wang. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: KW.