About the Authors

Shigekazu Takahashi

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate, Japan

Suguru Ozawa

Roles Resources

Affiliation Iwate Agricultural Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate, Japan

Kintake Sonoike

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Katsutomo Sasaki

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Institute of Vegetable and Floriculture Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Masahiro Nishihara

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

mnishiha@ibrc.or.jp

Affiliation Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.