1. Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University
2. Institute of Vegetable and Floriculture Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)
3. Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University
4. Faculty of Agronomy, University of Agriculture and Forestry, Hue University
5. Center for Hami Melon, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences
6. All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources on the name of N.I.Vavilov (VIR)
7. Kazakhstan Research Institute of Potato and Vegetable Growing LLC