About the Authors

Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes

jurat@utk.edu

Affiliation Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Lohitash Karumbaiah

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Siva Rama Krishna Jakka

Affiliation Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Changming Ning

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Chenxi Liu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Kongming Wu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Jerreme Jackson

Affiliation Genome Science and Technology Program, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Fred Gould

Affiliation Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Carlos Blanco

Affiliation Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Biotechnology Regulatory Services, United States Department of Agriculture, Riverdale, Maryland, United States of America

Maribel Portilla

Affiliation Southern Insect Management Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Stoneville, Mississippi, United States of America

Omaththage Perera

Affiliation Southern Insect Management Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Stoneville, Mississippi, United States of America

Michael Adang

Affiliations Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JLJ-F LK KW MA. Performed the experiments: JLJ-F LK SRKJ CN CL JJ. Analyzed the data: JLJ-F LK SRKJ CN CL KW MA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FG CB MP OP MA. Wrote the paper: JLJ-F. Discussed the results, commented, and edited the manuscript: JLJ-F LK SRKJ CN CL KW JJ FG CB MP OP MA.