About the Authors

Rowena Y. Kelley

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

W. Paul Williams

Affiliation Corn Host Plant Resistance Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

J. Erik Mylroie

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Deborah L. Boykin

Affiliation Statistics Office, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Stoneville, Mississippi, United States of America

Jonathan W. Harper

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Gary L. Windham

Affiliation Corn Host Plant Resistance Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Arunkanth Ankala

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Xueyan Shan

xshan@bch.msstate.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RYK WPW XS. Performed the experiments: RYK WPW JEM GLW XS. Analyzed the data: XS DLB JWH. Wrote the paper: XS. Contributed to and edited the manuscript: WPW RYK AA GLW JEM.