About the Authors

Yoko Takasu

Affiliation National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan

Suresh Sajwan

Affiliation Biology Centre, Academy of Sciences, and the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

Takaaki Daimon

Affiliation National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan

Mizuko Osanai-Futahashi

Affiliation National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan

Keiro Uchino

Affiliation National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan

Hideki Sezutsu

Affiliation National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan

Toshiki Tamura

ttamura@affrc.go.jp (TT); zurovec@entu.cas.cz (MZ)

Affiliation National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan

Michal Zurovec

ttamura@affrc.go.jp (TT); zurovec@entu.cas.cz (MZ)

Affiliation Biology Centre, Academy of Sciences, and the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YT TT MZ. Performed the experiments: YT SS TD TT. Analyzed the data: YT TT MZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MO KU HS. Wrote the paper: MZ YT TT.