About the Authors

Minoru Sugiura

msugiura@affrc.go.jp

Affiliation Citrus Research Division, National Institute of Fruit Tree Science, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka, Japan

Mieko Nakamura

Affiliation Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka, Japan

Kazunori Ogawa

Affiliation Citrus Research Division, National Institute of Fruit Tree Science, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka, Japan

Yoshinori Ikoma

Affiliation Citrus Research Division, National Institute of Fruit Tree Science, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka, Japan

Masamichi Yano

Affiliation Citrus Research Division, National Institute of Fruit Tree Science, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS MN. Performed the experiments: MS MN KO YI MY. Analyzed the data: MS MN KO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS MN KO. Wrote the paper: MS MN.