About the Authors

Jianbo Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jianbo Zhang, Jiajun Yan, Yunwei Zhang, Xiao Ma

Affiliations Department of Grassland Science, Animal Science and Technology College, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan, China, Sichuan Academy of Grassland Science, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Guizhou Grassland Science Institute, Guiyang, Guizhou, China

Jiajun Yan

Contributed equally to this work with: Jianbo Zhang, Jiajun Yan, Yunwei Zhang, Xiao Ma

Affiliation Sichuan Academy of Grassland Science, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Yunwei Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jianbo Zhang, Jiajun Yan, Yunwei Zhang, Xiao Ma

Affiliation Grassland Institute, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Xiao Ma

Contributed equally to this work with: Jianbo Zhang, Jiajun Yan, Yunwei Zhang, Xiao Ma

Affiliation Department of Grassland Science, Animal Science and Technology College, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan, China

Shiqie Bai

baishiqie@126.com

Affiliations Department of Grassland Science, Animal Science and Technology College, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan, China, Sichuan Academy of Grassland Science, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Yanqi Wu

Affiliation Plant and Soil Sciences Department, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Zhixue Dao

Affiliation Sichuan Academy of Grassland Science, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Daxu Li

Affiliation Sichuan Academy of Grassland Science, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Changbing Zhang

Affiliation Sichuan Academy of Grassland Science, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Yu Zhang

Affiliation Sichuan Academy of Grassland Science, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Minghong You

Affiliation Sichuan Academy of Grassland Science, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Fuyu Yang

Affiliation Grassland Institute, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Jin Zhang

Affiliation Sichuan Academy of Grassland Science, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JBZ JY YWZ SQB YQW. Performed the experiments: JBZ ZD. Analyzed the data: JBZ YQW XM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JBZ JY ZD DL CZ YZ MY FY JZ. Wrote the paper: JBZ SQB YQW.