About the Authors

Mohammad Zahidul Islam

Current address: Bangladesh Water Development Board, Motijheel, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Huazhong Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Xiao-Mei Hu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Huazhong Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Long-Fei Jin

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Huazhong Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Yong-Zhong Liu

liuyongzhong@mail.hzau.edu.cn

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Huazhong Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Shu-Ang Peng

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Huazhong Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YZL SAP. Performed the experiments: MZI XMH LFJ. Analyzed the data: MZI YZL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MZI XMH LFJ. Wrote the paper: MZI YZL.