About the Authors

Masaki Nishikiori

Affiliation Division of Plant Sciences, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Masashi Mori

Affiliation Research Institute for Bioresources and Biotechnology, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Nonoichi, Ishikawa, Japan

Koji Dohi

Affiliation Research Institute for Bioresources and Biotechnology, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Nonoichi, Ishikawa, Japan

Hideyasu Okamura

Affiliation Division of Plant Sciences, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Etsuko Katoh

Affiliation Division of Plant Sciences, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Satoshi Naito

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

Tetsuo Meshi

Affiliation Division of Plant Sciences, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Masayuki Ishikawa

ishika32@affrc.go.jp

Affiliation Division of Plant Sciences, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MN MI. Performed the experiments: MN. Analyzed the data: MN MI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM KD HO EK TM SN. Wrote the paper: MN MI.