About the Authors

Wan-Chen Chou

Contributed equally to this work with: Wan-Chen Chou, Shih-Shun Lin, Shyi-Dong Yeh

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Asia University, Wufeng, Taichung, Taiwan

Shih-Shun Lin

Contributed equally to this work with: Wan-Chen Chou, Shih-Shun Lin, Shyi-Dong Yeh

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan

Shyi-Dong Yeh

Contributed equally to this work with: Wan-Chen Chou, Shih-Shun Lin, Shyi-Dong Yeh

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, NCHU-UCD Plant and Food Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Siang-Ling Li

Roles Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Asia University, Wufeng, Taichung, Taiwan

Ying-Che Peng

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Genetech Biotech Co., Ltd., Neihu, Taipei, Taiwan

Ya-Hsu Fan

Roles Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Asia University, Wufeng, Taichung, Taiwan

Tsung-Chi Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

kikichenwolf@hotmail.com

Affiliations Department of Biotechnology, Asia University, Wufeng, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The co-author Mr. Ying-Che Peng is the employee of a commercial company. He and his company contributed to the sequencing of transcriptomic reads of C. quinoa, but they play no role in the study design, decision to publish, preparation of the manuscript, and financial and funding support. This commercial affiliation does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. This commercial affiliation has no competing exist in any other relevant declarations relating to employment, consultancy, patents, products in development, or marketed products, etc.