About the Authors

Yu Takahashi

Affiliation Genetic Resources Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Prakit Somta

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture at Kamphaeng Saen, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

Chiaki Muto

Affiliation Genetic Resources Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Kohtaro Iseki

Affiliation Genetic Resources Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Ken Naito

Affiliation Genetic Resources Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Muthaiyan Pandiyan

Affiliation Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Tamil Nadu, India

Senthil Natesan

Affiliation Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Tamil Nadu, India

Norihiko Tomooka

tomooka@affrc.go.jp

Affiliation Genetic Resources Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

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