About the Authors

Yan Wang

Affiliations National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Engineering Research Center of Horticultural Crop Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Ministry of Education of P. R. China, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China

Liang Xu

Affiliations National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Engineering Research Center of Horticultural Crop Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Ministry of Education of P. R. China, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China

Yinglong Chen

Affiliation School of Earth and Environment, and The UWA’s Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia

Hong Shen

Affiliations National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Engineering Research Center of Horticultural Crop Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Ministry of Education of P. R. China, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China

Yiqin Gong

Affiliations National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Engineering Research Center of Horticultural Crop Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Ministry of Education of P. R. China, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China

Cecilia Limera

Affiliations National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Engineering Research Center of Horticultural Crop Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Ministry of Education of P. R. China, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China

Liwang Liu

nauliulw@njau.edu.cn

Affiliations National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Engineering Research Center of Horticultural Crop Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Ministry of Education of P. R. China, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LL YW. Performed the experiments: YW LX HS. Analyzed the data: YW YC YG LL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YW LX YG LL. Wrote the paper: YW LX. Revised the manuscript: YC CL LL.