About the Authors

Chenjuan Jing

Affiliations Department of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China, Shaanxi Research Center of Apple Engineering and Technology, Yangling, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China

Changqing Ma

Affiliations Department of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China, Shaanxi Research Center of Apple Engineering and Technology, Yangling, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China

Juan Zhang

Affiliations Department of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China, Shaanxi Research Center of Apple Engineering and Technology, Yangling, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China

Shujuan Jing

Affiliation Apple Experimental Farm of Northwest A&F University, Baishui, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China

Xiaobing Jiang

Affiliations Department of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China, Shaanxi Research Center of Apple Engineering and Technology, Yangling, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China

Yazhou Yang

Affiliations Department of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China, Shaanxi Research Center of Apple Engineering and Technology, Yangling, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China

Zhengyang Zhao

zhaozy@nwsuaf.edu.cn, applebreed@126.com

Affiliations Department of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China, Shaanxi Research Center of Apple Engineering and Technology, Yangling, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China, Apple Experimental Farm of Northwest A&F University, Baishui, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CJ ZZ YY. Data curation: CJ. Formal analysis: CJ. Investigation: CJ ZZ. Methodology: CJ CM. Project administration: ZZ. Resources: ZZ SJ. Software: CJ JZ XJ. Validation: ZZ YY. Writing – original draft: CJ. Writing – review & editing: CJ ZZ.