About the Authors

Yanhui Lu

Affiliations Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, People's Republic of China, Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Yuan-Ping Pang

pang@mayo.edu (YPP); kzhu@ksu.edu (KYZ)

Affiliation Computer-Aided Molecular Design Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Yoonseong Park

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Xiwu Gao

Affiliation Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Jianxiu Yao

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Xin Zhang

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Kun Yan Zhu

pang@mayo.edu (YPP); kzhu@ksu.edu (KYZ)

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YL YPP XG YP KYZ. Performed the experiments: YL JY XZ YPP KYZ. Analyzed the data: YL YPP YP JY XZ KYZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YP KYZ. Wrote the paper: YL YPP KYZ. Contributed with revisions: YL YPP XG YP JY XZ KYZ.