1. National Research and Development Agency, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tohoku Agricultural Research Center
2. The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University
3. National Research and Development Agency, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science (NILGS)
4. Department of BioEngineering, Nagaoka University of Technology
5. Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University