About the Authors

Lulin Huang

Affiliations Institute of Sericulture and Systems Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China, Institute of Economic Crops Breeding and Cultivation, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, China

Tingcai Cheng

Affiliation Institute of Agronomy and Life Science, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China

Pingzhen Xu

Affiliation Institute of Sericulture and Systems Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

Daojun Cheng

Affiliation Institute of Sericulture and Systems Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

Ting Fang

Affiliation Institute of Sericulture and Systems Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

Qingyou Xia

xiaqy@swu.edu.cn

Affiliations Institute of Sericulture and Systems Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China, Institute of Agronomy and Life Science, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LH QX. Performed the experiments: LH PX TF. Analyzed the data: LH TC DC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LH PX. Wrote the paper: LH QX.