About the Authors

Takashi Ikka

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan

Hiroto Yamashita

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan

Ikuya Kurita

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan

Yasuno Tanaka

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan

Fumiya Taniguchi

Roles Resources

Affiliation Tea Research Division of NARO Institute of Fruit and Tea Science (NIFTS), Makurazaki, Kagoshima, Japan

Akiko Ogino

Roles Resources

Affiliation Tea Research Division of NARO Institute of Fruit and Tea Science (NIFTS), Makurazaki, Kagoshima, Japan

Kazuya Takeda

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Mitsui Norin Co., Ltd., Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan

Nobuhiro Horie

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Mitsui Norin Co., Ltd., Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan

Hiroshi Hojo

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Mitsui Norin Co., Ltd., Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan

Fumio Nanjo

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Mitsui Norin Co., Ltd., Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan

Akio Morita

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

morita.akio@shizuoka.ac.jp

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

Authors KT, NH, HH, and FN are affiliated with and received salary from a commercial company, Mitsui Norin 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.