About the Authors

Guang-Long Wang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China

Sheng Sun

Affiliation College of Horticulture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, 030801, China

Guo-Ming Xing

Affiliation College of Horticulture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, 030801, China

Xue-Jun Wu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China

Feng Wang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China

Ai-Sheng Xiong

xiongaisheng@njau.edu.cn

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ASX GLW. Performed the experiments: GLW SS XJW FW. Analyzed the data: GLW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ASX. Wrote the paper: GLW. Revised the paper: GLW GMX ASX.