About the Authors

Daichi Sato

Affiliation Tokyo University of Agriculture, Funako, Atugi City, Japan

Nobuhiko Itami

Affiliation Tokyo University of Agriculture, Funako, Atugi City, Japan

Hidetaka Tasaki

Affiliation Tokyo University of Agriculture, Funako, Atugi City, Japan

Shun Takeo

Affiliation Tokyo University of Agriculture, Funako, Atugi City, Japan

Takehito Kuwayama

Affiliation Tokyo University of Agriculture, Funako, Atugi City, Japan

Hisataka Iwata

h1iwata@nodai.ac.jp

Affiliation Tokyo University of Agriculture, Funako, Atugi City, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HI. Performed the experiments: DS HT NI ST HI. Analyzed the data: DS HT NI ST TK HI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DS HI. Wrote the paper: DS HI.