About the Authors

Qian Li

Current Address: Department of Plant Pathology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Affiliation Beijing Engineering Research Center of Seed and Plant Health (BERC-SPH) / Beijing Key Laboratory of Seed Disease Testing and Control (BKL-SDTC), Beijing, P. R. China

Lei Wu

Affiliation Laboratory of Fruit Quality Biology, The State Agriculture Ministry Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Growth, Development and Quality Improvement, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou, P. R. China

Jianjun Hao

Affiliation School of Food and Agriculture, The University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States of America

Laixin Luo

Current Address: Department of Plant Pathology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Affiliation Beijing Engineering Research Center of Seed and Plant Health (BERC-SPH) / Beijing Key Laboratory of Seed Disease Testing and Control (BKL-SDTC), Beijing, P. R. China

Yongsong Cao

Current Address: Department of Plant Pathology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Affiliation Beijing Engineering Research Center of Seed and Plant Health (BERC-SPH) / Beijing Key Laboratory of Seed Disease Testing and Control (BKL-SDTC), Beijing, P. R. China

Jianqiang Li

lijq231@cau.edu.cn

Current Address: Department of Plant Pathology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Affiliation Beijing Engineering Research Center of Seed and Plant Health (BERC-SPH) / Beijing Key Laboratory of Seed Disease Testing and Control (BKL-SDTC), Beijing, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QL JQL. Performed the experiments: QL LW. Analyzed the data: QL JQL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QL JQL. Wrote the paper: QL JQL JJH LXL YSC.