About the Authors

Meirong Xu

Contributed equally to this work with: Meirong Xu, Ya Li

Affiliation Citrus Huanglongbing Research Laboratory, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Ya Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Meirong Xu, Ya Li

Current Address: Agricultural College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China

Affiliation Citrus Huanglongbing Research Laboratory, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Zheng Zheng

Affiliation Citrus Huanglongbing Research Laboratory, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Zehan Dai

Affiliation Citrus Huanglongbing Research Laboratory, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Yang Tao

Affiliation Citrus Huanglongbing Research Laboratory, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Xiaoling Deng

xldeng@scau.edu.cn

Affiliation Citrus Huanglongbing Research Laboratory, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MX YL XD. Performed the experiments: MX YL ZD YT. Analyzed the data: MX ZZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MX YL XD. Wrote the paper: MX.