About the Authors

Takanori Itoh

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Shota Hanabusa

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Kazunori Iwabuchi

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

iwabuchi@agr.hokudai.ac.jp

Affiliation Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Competing Interests

This research was partially funded by Tanigurogumi Corporation, Japan. The authors affirm that the study design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation of results were conducted independently, without external influence. All other authors declare no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have influenced the work reported in this paper.