About the Authors

Xiaodong Bai

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Wei Zhang

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Lucia Orantes

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Tae-Hwan Jun

Affiliations Department of Entomology, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Services and Department of Horticulture and Crop Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Omprakash Mittapalli

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

M. A. Rouf Mian

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Services and Department of Horticulture and Crop Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Andrew P. Michel

michel.70@osu.edu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XB WZ OM MARM APM. Performed the experiments: WZ LO THJ OM MARM. Analyzed the data: XB WZ LO THJ OM MARM APM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XB WZ THJ OM MARM APM. Wrote the paper: XB LO OM MARM APM.