About the Authors

Takashi Fujikawa

Current address: National Institute of Fruit Tree Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Affiliation National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Ayumu Sakaguchi

Contributed equally to this work with: Ayumu Sakaguchi, Yoko Nishizawa

Affiliation National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Yoko Nishizawa

Contributed equally to this work with: Ayumu Sakaguchi, Yoko Nishizawa

Affiliation National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Yusuke Kouzai

Affiliation National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Eiichi Minami

Affiliation National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Shigekazu Yano

Affiliation Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan

Hironori Koga

Affiliation Department of Bioproduction Science, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Ishikawa, Japan

Tetsuo Meshi

Affiliation National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Marie Nishimura

marie@affrc.go.jp

Affiliation National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TF MN TM. Performed the experiments: TF AS MN YN YK EM HK. Analyzed the data: TF MN TM AS YN YK EM HK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SY. Wrote the paper: MN TM TF.