About the Authors

Ye Ai

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China, College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, 15# Shangxiadian Road, Cangshan District, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian, China

Qinghua Zhang

Affiliation College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, 15# Shangxiadian Road, Cangshan District, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian, China

Weining Wang

Affiliation Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Wimauma, Florida 33598, United States of America

Chunling Zhang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China

Zhe Cao

Affiliation Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Wimauma, Florida 33598, United States of America

Manzhu Bao

mzbao@mail.hzau.edu.cn (MB); hyh2010@mail.hzau.edu.cn (YHH)

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China

Yanhong He

mzbao@mail.hzau.edu.cn (MB); hyh2010@mail.hzau.edu.cn (YHH)

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MZB YHH YA. Performed the experiments: YA QHZ. Analyzed the data: YA QHZ WNW ZC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YA QHZ CLZ. Wrote the paper: YA YHH MZB. Plant cultivation: YA CLZ. Revised the paper: YA MZB YHH WNW.