About the Authors

Jinjun Gao

Affiliation College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China

Xinxin Yu

Affiliation College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China

Fengming Ma

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Breed Improvement and Physioecology of Cold Region Crops, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China

Jing Li

lijing@neau.edu.cn

Affiliation College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJG JL. Performed the experiments: JJG XXY. Analyzed the data: JJG XXY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FMM JL. Wrote the paper: JJG JL. Read and approved the final manuscript: JJG XXY FMM JL.