About the Authors

Ya-Jian Zhang

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China

Xing-Jian Wang

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China

Ju-Xun Wu

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China

Shan-Yan Chen

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China, Kunming Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, 650000, China

Hong Chen

Affiliation Engineering Technology College, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China

Li-Jun Chai

chailijun@mail.hzau.edu.cn (LJC); yihualin@mail.hzau.edu.cn (HLY)

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China

Hua-Lin Yi

chailijun@mail.hzau.edu.cn (LJC); yihualin@mail.hzau.edu.cn (HLY)

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HLY. Performed the experiments: YJZ XJW SYC JXW. Analyzed the data: YJZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HLY. Wrote the paper: YJZ LJC HC HLY.