About the Authors

Chang Tian

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China

Qian Jiang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China

Feng Wang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China

Guang-Long Wang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China

Zhi-Sheng Xu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China

Ai-Sheng Xiong

xiongaisheng@njau.edu.cn

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ASX CT. Performed the experiments: CT QJ GLW FW ZSX. Analyzed the data: CT QJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ASX. Wrote the paper: CT. Revised the paper: ASX CT QJ.