About the Authors

Zheng Zheng

Affiliations Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Peoples' Republic of China, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, United States Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service, Parlier, California, United States of America

Minli Bao

Affiliation Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Peoples' Republic of China

Fengnian Wu

Affiliations Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Peoples' Republic of China, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, United States Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service, Parlier, California, United States of America

Jianchi Chen

Affiliation San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, United States Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service, Parlier, California, United States of America

Xiaoling Deng

xldeng@scau.edu.cn

Affiliation Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Peoples' Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZZ XD JC. Performed the experiments: ZZ MB FW. Analyzed the data: ZZ MB FW. Wrote the paper: ZZ XD JC.