About the Authors
- Hidetoshi Goto
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* E-mail: hidetoshi.goto@monsanto.com
Affiliation Monsanto Japan Limited, 2-5-18, Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104–0031, Japan
- Hiroshi Shimada
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Affiliation Monsanto Japan Limited, Kawachi Research Farm, 4475–2, Manaita Aza Dotemukai, Kawachi-machi, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki, 300–1331, Japan
- Michael J. Horak
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Affiliation Monsanto Company, 800 N Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO, 63167, United States of America
- Aqeel Ahmad
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Affiliation Monsanto Company, 800 N Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO, 63167, United States of America
- Baltazar M. Baltazar
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Affiliation Monsanto Company, 800 N Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO, 63167, United States of America
- Tim Perez
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Affiliation Monsanto Company, 800 N Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO, 63167, United States of America
- Marc A. McPherson
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Affiliation Monsanto Company, 800 N Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO, 63167, United States of America
- Duška Stojšin
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Affiliation Monsanto Company, 800 N Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO, 63167, United States of America
- Ayako Shimono
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Affiliation Faculty of Science, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyata, Funabashi, Chiba, 274–8510, Japan
- Ryo Ohsawa
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Affiliation Laboratory of Plant Breeding, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305–8572, Japan
Competing Interests
Authors HG and HS are employees of Monsanto Japan Limited, and MH, AA, BB, TP, MP and DS are employees of Monsanto Company. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HG MH AA BB. Performed the experiments: HG HS MH AA BB. Analyzed the data: TP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HS AA BB. Wrote the paper: HG MH AA BB TP MM DS AS RO.