About the Authors

Jie Xue

Affiliation Centre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Maurice Bosch

Affiliation Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom

J. Paul Knox

j.p.knox@leeds.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JX MB JPK. Performed the experiments: JX. Analyzed the data: JX MB JPK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JX MB JPK. Wrote the manuscript: JX MB JPK.