About the Authors

Shi-Xin Zhang

Affiliations College of Horticulture, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, 570228, China, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Rubber Tree, Ministry of Agriculture, State Key Laboratory Incubation Base for Cultivation and Physiology of Tropical Crops, Rubber Research Institute, CATAS, Danzhou, Hainan, 571737, China

Shao-Hua Wu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Rubber Tree, Ministry of Agriculture, State Key Laboratory Incubation Base for Cultivation and Physiology of Tropical Crops, Rubber Research Institute, CATAS, Danzhou, Hainan, 571737, China

Yue-Yi Chen

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Rubber Tree, Ministry of Agriculture, State Key Laboratory Incubation Base for Cultivation and Physiology of Tropical Crops, Rubber Research Institute, CATAS, Danzhou, Hainan, 571737, China

Wei-Min Tian

wmtian@163.com

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Rubber Tree, Ministry of Agriculture, State Key Laboratory Incubation Base for Cultivation and Physiology of Tropical Crops, Rubber Research Institute, CATAS, Danzhou, Hainan, 571737, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WMT. Performed the experiments: SXZ SHW YYC. Analyzed the data: SXZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SXZ. Wrote the paper: SXZ WMT.