About the Authors

Q. F. Li

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Special Non-wood Forest Cultivation & Utilization, GuangXi Zhuang Autonomous Region Forestry Research Institute, Nanning, China

J. H. Wang

wangjh@caf.ac.cn

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China

P. Pulkkinen

Affiliation Finnish Forest Research Institute, Haapastensyrjä, Finland

L. S. Kong

Affiliation Unit Centre for Forest Biology, Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QL. Performed the experiments: QL JW. Analyzed the data: QL JW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PP LK. Wrote the paper: QL.