About the Authors

Li-Qiang Tan

Contributed equally to this work with: Li-Qiang Tan, Li-Yuan Wang

Affiliations National Center for Tea Improvement, Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (TRICAAS), Hangzhou, P. R. China, College of Horticulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan, P. R. China

Li-Yuan Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Li-Qiang Tan, Li-Yuan Wang

chenghao@mail.tricaas.com (HC); wangly@mail.tricaas.com (LYW); guinian5612@163.com (GNQ)

Affiliation National Center for Tea Improvement, Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (TRICAAS), Hangzhou, P. R. China

Kang Wei

Affiliation National Center for Tea Improvement, Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (TRICAAS), Hangzhou, P. R. China

Cheng-Cai Zhang

Affiliation National Center for Tea Improvement, Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (TRICAAS), Hangzhou, P. R. China

Li-Yun Wu

Affiliation National Center for Tea Improvement, Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (TRICAAS), Hangzhou, P. R. China

Gui-Nian Qi

chenghao@mail.tricaas.com (HC); wangly@mail.tricaas.com (LYW); guinian5612@163.com (GNQ)

Affiliation College of Horticulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan, P. R. China

Hao Cheng

chenghao@mail.tricaas.com (HC); wangly@mail.tricaas.com (LYW); guinian5612@163.com (GNQ)

Affiliation National Center for Tea Improvement, Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (TRICAAS), Hangzhou, P. R. China

Qiang Zhang

Affiliation Tea Research Institute, Enshi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Enshi, P. R. China

Qing-Mei Cui

Affiliation Tea Research Institute, Enshi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Enshi, P. R. China

Jin-Bo Liang

Affiliation Tea Research Institute, Enshi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Enshi, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HC L.Y. Wang GNQ. Performed the experiments: LQT L.Y. Wang L.Y. Wu. Analyzed the data: LQT L.Y. Wang. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CCZ QZ QMC JBL. Wrote the manuscript: LQT L.Y. Wang KW.