About the Authors

Feifei An

Affiliation Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture for Germplasm Resources Conservation and Utilization of Cassava, Danzhou 571737, China

Ting Chen

Affiliation Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture for Germplasm Resources Conservation and Utilization of Cassava, Danzhou 571737, China

Djabou Mouafi Astride Stéphanie

Affiliations Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture for Germplasm Resources Conservation and Utilization of Cassava, Danzhou 571737, China, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Higher Teacher’s Training College, University of Yaounde I, P. O. Box 47, Yaounde, Cameroon

Kaimian Li

Affiliation Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture for Germplasm Resources Conservation and Utilization of Cassava, Danzhou 571737, China

Qing X. Li

songbichen@yahoo.com (SBC); qingl@hawaii.edu (QXL)

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Manoa, HI 96822, United States of America

Luiz J. C. B. Carvalho

Affiliation Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Embrapa, Brasilia-DF 02372, Brazil

Keith Tomlins

Affiliation Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham ME4 4TB, United Kingdom

Jun Li

Affiliation Analysis and Testing Center, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China

Bi Gu

Affiliation Chemical Starch Institute, Guangxi University, Nanning 300004, China

Songbi Chen

songbichen@yahoo.com (SBC); qingl@hawaii.edu (QXL)

Affiliation Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture for Germplasm Resources Conservation and Utilization of Cassava, Danzhou 571737, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FA TC KL QXL LJCBC SC. Performed the experiments: FA TC DMAS KL QXL LJCBC SC. Analyzed the data: FA TC DMAS KL QXL LJCBC KT JL BG SC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FA TC DMAS KL QXL LJCBC JL BG SC. Wrote the paper: FA QXL LJCBC KL KT SC.