About the Authors

Youxi Yuan

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, United States of America

Quincy Teng

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, United States of America

Ruiqin Zhong

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, United States of America

Marziyeh Haghighat

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, United States of America

Elizabeth A. Richardson

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, United States of America

Zheng-Hua Ye

yh@uga.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YY QT RZ MH EAR ZHY. Performed the experiments: YY QT RZ MH EAR ZHY. Analyzed the data: YY QT RZ MH EAR ZHY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YY QT RZ MH EAR ZHY. Wrote the paper: YY QT RZ MH EAR ZHY.