About the Authors

Dechang Cao

Affiliations Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China, State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Jingwen Li

lijingwen@bjfu.edu.cn (JL); zhenying@ibcas.ac.cn (ZH)

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

Zhenying Huang

lijingwen@bjfu.edu.cn (JL); zhenying@ibcas.ac.cn (ZH)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Carol C. Baskin

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Jerry M. Baskin

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Peng Hao

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

Weilei Zhou

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

Junqing Li

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DC Jingwen Li Junqing Li ZH. Performed the experiments: DC WZ. Analyzed the data: DC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DC. Wrote the paper: DC CCB Jingwen Li JMB PH ZH.