About the Authors

Izumi Chuma

Affiliation Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Chihiro Isobe

Affiliation Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Yuma Hotta

Affiliation Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Kana Ibaragi

Affiliation Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Natsuru Futamata

Affiliation Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Motoaki Kusaba

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University, Saga, Japan

Kentaro Yoshida

Affiliation Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Japan

Ryohei Terauchi

Affiliation Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Japan

Yoshikatsu Fujita

Affiliation National Agricultural Research Center, Tsukuba, Japan

Hitoshi Nakayashiki

Affiliation Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Barbara Valent

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Yukio Tosa

tosayuki@kobe-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IC YT. Performed the experiments: IC CI YH KI NF. Analyzed the data: IC MK KY RT HN BV YT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YF. Wrote the paper: IC BV YT.