About the Authors

Zhiyong Zhang

Affiliation Henan Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Biological Breeding, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, 453003, China

Xin Zhang

Affiliation Henan Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Biological Breeding, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, 453003, China

Zebing Hu

Affiliation Henan Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Biological Breeding, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, 453003, China

Sufang Wang

Affiliation Henan Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Biological Breeding, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, 453003, China

Jinbao Zhang

Affiliation Henan Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Biological Breeding, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, 453003, China

Xiaojing Wang

Affiliation Henan Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Biological Breeding, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, 453003, China

Qinglian Wang

wangql985@163.com

Affiliation Henan Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Biological Breeding, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, 453003, China

Baohong Zhang

Affiliations Henan Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Biological Breeding, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, 453003, China, Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZZ QW BZ. Performed the experiments: ZZ XZ ZH SW JZ XW QW. Analyzed the data: ZZ XZ ZH SW JZ XW QW BZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QW BZ. Wrote the paper: ZZ XZ ZH SW JZ XW QW BZ.