About the Authors

Hideo Matsumura

hideoma@shinshu-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Gene Research Center, Shinshu University, Ueda, Nagano, Japan

Norimichi Miyagi

Affiliation Okinawa Prefectural Agriculture Research Center, Itoman, Okinawa, Japan

Naoki Taniai

Affiliation Okinawa Prefectural Agriculture Research Center, Itoman, Okinawa, Japan

Mai Fukushima

Affiliation Gene Research Center, Shinshu University, Ueda, Nagano, Japan

Kazuhiko Tarora

Affiliation Okinawa Prefectural Agriculture Research Center, Itoman, Okinawa, Japan

Ayano Shudo

Affiliation Okinawa Prefectural Agriculture Research Center, Itoman, Okinawa, Japan

Naoya Urasaki

Affiliation Okinawa Prefectural Agriculture Research Center, Itoman, Okinawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HM NM NU. Performed the experiments: HM NM NT MF KT AS NU. Analyzed the data: HM NM NT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NM NT MF KT AS. Wrote the paper: HM NU.