About the Authors

Venu M. Margam

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Brad S. Coates

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service, Corn Insect and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Genetics Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Richard L. Hellmich

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service, Corn Insect and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Genetics Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Tolulope Agunbiade

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Manfredo J. Seufferheld

Affiliation Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Weilin Sun

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Malick N. Ba

Affiliation Station de Kamboinsé,Institut de l'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Antoine Sanon

Affiliation Station de Kamboinsé,Institut de l'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Clementine L. Binso-Dabire

Affiliation Station de Kamboinsé,Institut de l'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Ibrahim Baoua

Affiliation Institut National de Recherche Agronomique du Niger, Maradi, Niger

Mohammad F. Ishiyaku

Affiliation Department of Plant Science, Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria

Fernando G. Covas

Affiliation University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Ramasamy Srinivasan

Affiliation AVRDC-The World Vegetable Center, Tainan, Taiwan

Joel Armstrong

Affiliation Entomology, The Commonweatlth of Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Black Mountain, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Larry L. Murdock

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Barry R. Pittendrigh

pittendr@illinois.edu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VMM BSC BRP. Performed the experiments: VMM BSC TA WS MNB. Analyzed the data: VMM BSC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RLH MNB AS CLB IB MFI FGC RS JA LLM BRP. Wrote the paper: VMM BSC RLH TA MJS WS MNB AS CLB IB MFI FGC RS JA LLM BRP.