About the Authors

Nadia N. Ono

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Xiaoqiong Qin

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Alexander E. Wilson

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Gang Li

Current address: Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Li Tian

ltian@ucdavis.edu

Affiliations Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, China, Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NNO AEW LT. Performed the experiments: NNO XQ AEW GL. Analyzed the data: NNO XQ AEW GL LT. Wrote the paper: NNO AEW LT.