About the Authors

Jingni Wu

Contributed equally to this work with: Jingni Wu, Yiming Wang

Affiliations Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 program), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea, Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea

Yiming Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jingni Wu, Yiming Wang

Affiliations Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea, Department of Plant Microbe Interactions, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany

Sook-Young Park

Affiliation Korean Lichen Research Institute, Sunchon National University, Suncheon, Korea

Sang Gon Kim

Affiliation Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea

Ju Soon Yoo

Affiliation Department of Life Science & Environmental Biochemistry, Pusan National University, Miryang, Korea

Sangryeol Park

Affiliation Molecular Breeding Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju, Korea

Ravi Gupta

Affiliation Department of Plant Bioscience, Life and Industry Convergence Research Institute, Pusan National University, Miryang, Korea

Kyu Young Kang

stkim71@pusan.ac.kr (STK); kykang@gnu.ac.kr (KYK)

Affiliations Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 program), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea, Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea

Sun Tae Kim

stkim71@pusan.ac.kr (STK); kykang@gnu.ac.kr (KYK)

Affiliation Department of Plant Bioscience, Life and Industry Convergence Research Institute, Pusan National University, Miryang, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Data curation: JW YW RG STK. Formal analysis: JW YW SYP. Funding acquisition: KYK STK. Investigation: JW YW SYP SGK JSY SP RG. Methodology: JW SYP. Project administration: KYK STK. Supervision: KYK STK. Validation: SYP. Writing – original draft: JW YW RG STK. Writing – review & editing: JW YW SYP RG STK.