About the Authors

Zhao-Qun Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhao-Qun Li, Shuai Zhang

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of CAAS, Anyang, China, Education Ministry Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Shuai Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhao-Qun Li, Shuai Zhang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of CAAS, Anyang, China

Jun-Yu Luo

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of CAAS, Anyang, China

Chun-Yi Wang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of CAAS, Anyang, China

Li-Min Lv

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of CAAS, Anyang, China

Shuang-Lin Dong

sldong@njau.edu.cn (SD); cuijinjie@126.com (JC)

Affiliation Education Ministry Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Jin-Jie Cui

sldong@njau.edu.cn (SD); cuijinjie@126.com (JC)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of CAAS, Anyang, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZQL SZ SLD JJC. Performed the experiments: ZQL. Analyzed the data: ZQL SZ JYL LML CYW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZQL SZ SLD JJC. Wrote the paper: ZQL.