About the Authors

Sheng-Chuan Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Sheng-Chuan Liu, Ji-Qiang Jin

Affiliations Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, Guizhou Tea Research Institute, Guiyang, Guizhou, China

Ji-Qiang Jin

Contributed equally to this work with: Sheng-Chuan Liu, Ji-Qiang Jin

Affiliation Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Jian-Qiang Ma

Affiliation Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Ming-Zhe Yao

Affiliation Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Chun-Lei Ma

Affiliation Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Chun-Fang Li

Affiliation Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Zhao-Tang Ding

Affiliation Tea Research Institute, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, Shandong, China

Liang Chen

liangchen@tricaas.com; lct973@gmail.com

Affiliation Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LC MZY ZTD. Performed the experiments: SCL. Analyzed the data: SCL JQJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CLM JQM CFL. Wrote the paper: SCL LC.