About the Authors

Hui Chen

mnishigu@agr.ehime-u.ac.jp (MN); huichen98@hotmail.com (HC)

Current address: Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, Canada

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

Kappei Kobayashi

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

Akio Miyao

Affiliation National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Hirohiko Hirochika

Affiliation National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Naoto Yamaoka

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

Masamichi Nishiguchi

mnishigu@agr.ehime-u.ac.jp (MN); huichen98@hotmail.com (HC)

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HC MN. Performed the experiments: HC. Analyzed the data: HC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KK AM HH NY. Wrote the paper: HC MN.