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1. Wun-Jin Chen and Chetphilin Suriyasak are equally contributing authors.

Authors and Affiliations

1. Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan

   Wun-Jin Chen, Chetphilin Suriyasak, Hue Thi Nong, Yui Oyama, Takuya Kobayashi, Ryo Matsumoto, Ryusuke Kawaguchi, Xinyue Yang, Katsunori Miyahara & Yushi Ishibashi

2. Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan

   Chetphilin Suriyasak & Yushi Ishibashi

3. Faculty of Biotechnology, Vietnam National University of Agriculture, 131000, Hanoi, Vietnam

   Hue Thi Nong

4. Yukuhashi Office of Agriculture and Forestry, Yukuhashi, Fukuoka Prefecture, 824-0005, Japan

   Katsunori Miyahara

5. Tropical Crop and Environment Section, Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan

   Norimitsu Hamaoka

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C.S., H.N., and Y.I. designed the experiment; WJ.C., C.S., HT.N., Y.O., T.K., R.M., R.K., X.Y. and K.M. performed the experiments; C.S. and Y.I. wrote the manuscript.

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Correspondence to Yushi Ishibashi.

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