About the Authors

Youko Oono

yoono@nias.affrc.go.jp

Affiliation Agrogenomics Research Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Takayuki Yazawa

Affiliations Agrogenomics Research Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, New Project Development Division, Hitachi Government & Public Corporation System Engineering, Ltd, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Yoshihiro Kawahara

Affiliation Agrogenomics Research Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Hiroyuki Kanamori

Affiliation Agrogenomics Research Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Fuminori Kobayashi

Affiliation Agrogenomics Research Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Harumi Sasaki

Affiliation Agrogenomics Research Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Satomi Mori

Affiliation Agrogenomics Research Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Jianzhong Wu

Affiliation Agrogenomics Research Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Hirokazu Handa

Affiliation Agrogenomics Research Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Takeshi Itoh

Affiliation Agrogenomics Research Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Takashi Matsumoto

Affiliation Agrogenomics Research Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Competing Interests

Mr. Takayuki Yazawa is employed by Hitachi Co., Ltd. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YO TM. Performed the experiments: YO TM. Analyzed the data: YO TY HK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TY YK HS SM TI. Wrote the paper: YO. Valuable insights in the discussion and revision of the manuscript: TY YK FK JW HH TI TM.