About the Authors

Masayuki Hayashi

Affiliation Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University, Matsudo, Chiba, Japan

Masaya Watanabe

Current address: Clinical Operations Division, DOT International Co., Ltd., 3-22-13 Hatchobori, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Affiliation Insect Microbe Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 1–2 Owashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Fumiko Yukuhiro

Affiliation Insect Microbe Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 1–2 Owashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Masashi Nomura

Affiliation Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University, Matsudo, Chiba, Japan

Daisuke Kageyama

kagymad@affrc.go.jp

Affiliation Insect Microbe Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 1–2 Owashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MH MN MW DK. Performed the experiments: MH FY MW DK. Analyzed the data: MH FY MW DK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH MN DK. Wrote the paper: MH MN DK.