About the Authors

Congting Ye

Affiliations Department of Automation, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China, Department of Biology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, United States of America

Guoli Ji

liangc@miamioh.edu (CL); glji@xmu.edu.cn (GJ)

Affiliations Department of Automation, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China, Innovation Center for Cell Biology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China

Lei Li

Affiliations Department of Automation, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China, Department of Biology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, United States of America

Chun Liang

liangc@miamioh.edu (CL); glji@xmu.edu.cn (GJ)

Affiliations Department of Biology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, United States of America, State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CL GJ CY. Performed the experiments: CY. Analyzed the data: CY LL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CY. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: CY LL GJ CL.