About the Authors

Jingxiang Meng

Affiliations State Engineering Laboratory of Forest Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetic and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China, College of Biology Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

Jian-Feng Mao

Affiliations State Engineering Laboratory of Forest Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetic and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China, College of Biology Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

Wei Zhao

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Fangqian Xing

Affiliations State Engineering Laboratory of Forest Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetic and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China, College of Biology Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

Xinyu Chen

Affiliations State Engineering Laboratory of Forest Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetic and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China, College of Biology Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

Hao Liu

Affiliation College of Resources and Environment, College of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry of Tibet University, Linzhi, Tibet, China

Zhen Xing

Affiliation College of Resources and Environment, College of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry of Tibet University, Linzhi, Tibet, China

Xiao-Ru Wang

xiao-ru.wang@emg.umu.se (XRW); liyue@bjfu.edu.cn (YL)

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Yue Li

xiao-ru.wang@emg.umu.se (XRW); liyue@bjfu.edu.cn (YL)

Affiliations State Engineering Laboratory of Forest Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetic and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China, College of Biology Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YL XRW. Performed the experiments: JXM JFM WZ FQX XYC. Analyzed the data: JXM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JFM WZ HL ZX. Wrote the paper: JXM YL XRW.