About the Authors

Yasutomo Hoshika

Affiliation Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Kenji Omasa

Affiliation Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Elena Paoletti

e.paoletti@ipp.cnr.it

Affiliation Institute of Plant Protection, National Research Council, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EP KO. Performed the experiments: YH EP. Analyzed the data: YH EP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EP. Wrote the paper: YH EP.