About the Authors

Kazuhide Rikiishi

riki@rib.okayama-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan

Masahiko Maekawa

Affiliation Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KR MM. Performed the experiments: KR. Analyzed the data: KR MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KR MM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: KR.