About the Authors

Jiping Xuan

Affiliation Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 Qianhu Houcun, Zhongshanmenwai, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, PR China

Yufeng Song

Affiliation College of Life and Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, No.1 Weigang, Nanjing, PR China

Hongxiao Zhang

Affiliation College of Agriculture, Henan University of Science and Technology, No.263 Kaiyuandadao, Luoyang, Henan Province, PR China

Jianxiu Liu

turfunit@aliyun.com (JL); zhongrenguo@cnbg.net (ZG)

Affiliation Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 Qianhu Houcun, Zhongshanmenwai, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, PR China

Zhongren Guo

turfunit@aliyun.com (JL); zhongrenguo@cnbg.net (ZG)

Affiliation Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 Qianhu Houcun, Zhongshanmenwai, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, PR China

Yuelou Hua

Affiliation Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 Qianhu Houcun, Zhongshanmenwai, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, PR China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JPX YFS ZRG JXL. Performed the experiments: JPX YFS HXZ YLH. Analyzed the data: JPX YFS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JPX JXL. Wrote the manuscript: JPX.