About the Authors
- Takeki Hamasaki
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Affiliation Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
- Gakuro Harada
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Affiliation Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
- Noboru Nakamichi
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Affiliation Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
- Shigeru Kabayama
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Affiliation Nihon Trim Co. Ltd, Oyodonaka, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan
- Kiichiro Teruya
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Affiliation Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
- Bunshi Fugetsu
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Affiliation Innovation Policy Research Center, IPRC, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Wei Gong
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Affiliation Innovation Policy Research Center, IPRC, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Ichiro Sakata
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Affiliation Policy Alternative Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Sanetaka Shirahata
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* E-mail: sirahata@grt.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
Competing Interests
We have the following interests: This work was supported in part by Nihon-Trim Co., Ltd. Shigeru Kabayama is employed by Nihon-Trim Co. Ltd. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: TH SS. Data curation: TH NN. Formal analysis: TH KT. Investigation: TH GH KT BF WG IS. Methodology: TH SS. Project administration: TH SS. Resources: TH SK. Supervision: TH SS. Validation: TH GH KT. Visualization: TH NN. Writing – original draft: TH. Writing – review & editing: TH NN.