About the Authors

Juanli Yuan

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

Jinyan Gao

Affiliation School of Life Sciences and Food Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

Xin Li

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China, School of Life Sciences and Food Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

Fahui Liu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

Cisca Wijmenga

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Hongbing Chen

chenhongbing@ncu.edu.cn

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China, Sino-German Joint Research Institute, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

Luud J. W. J. Gilissen

Affiliation Plant Research International, Wageningen University & Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HC LJWJG. Performed the experiments: JY JG XL. Analyzed the data: JY JG XL. Wrote the paper: HC JY. Drew the geographic distribution maps: FL. Gave input on genetic issues: CW. Revised the manuscript: CW.