About the Authors
- Takahiro Tsusaka
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Contributed equally to this work with: Takahiro Tsusaka, Hiroshi Ezura
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft
* E-mail: tsusaka_takahiro@mail.tsumura.co.jp (TT); ezura.hiroshi.fa@u.tsukuba.ac.jp (HE)
Affiliations Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, Botanical Raw Materials Production Department 2, Tsumura & Co., Ami, Ibaraki, Japan
- Bunsho Makino
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Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Botanical Raw Materials Research Laboratories, Tsumura & Co., Ami, Ibaraki, Japan
- Ryo Ohsawa
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Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Hiroshi Ezura
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Contributed equally to this work with: Takahiro Tsusaka, Hiroshi Ezura
Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: tsusaka_takahiro@mail.tsumura.co.jp (TT); ezura.hiroshi.fa@u.tsukuba.ac.jp (HE)
Affiliation Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Competing Interests
I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: TT and BM are employees of Tsumura & Co. (https://www.tsumura.co.jp/english/). HE and RO are supervisors at the University of Tsukuba to which TT belongs. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.