1. Hyogo Agricultural Institute for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
2. National Agricultural Research Center
3. National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
4. NARO Institute of Crop Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
5. National Agricultural Research Center for Tohoku Region (NARCT)
6. Tokyo University of Agriculture, Department of Applied Biology and Chemistry
7. Kyoto University, Laboratory of Plant Nutrition, Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate school of Agriculture
8. USDA-ARS, Soybean/Maize Germplasm, Pathology, and Genetics Research Unit, and University of Illinois, Department of Crop Sciences
9. West Virginia University, Kearneysville Tree Fruit Research and Education Center