About the Authors

Kohtaro Iseki

iseki83@affrc.go.jp (KI); knaito@affrc.go.jp (KN)

Affiliation Biological Resources and Post-harvest Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Yu Takahashi

Affiliation Genetic Resources Center, National Agriculture and Food Science Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Chiaki Muto

Affiliation Genetic Resources Center, National Agriculture and Food Science Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Ken Naito

iseki83@affrc.go.jp (KI); knaito@affrc.go.jp (KN)

Affiliation Genetic Resources Center, National Agriculture and Food Science Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Norihiko Tomooka

Affiliation Genetic Resources Center, National Agriculture and Food Science Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KI YT NT. Performed the experiments: KI YT CM. Analyzed the data: KI KN NT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KI YT CM KN NT. Wrote the paper: KI KN NT.