About the Authors
- Fatma Kaplan
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* E-mail: fkaplan@ufl.edu (FK); lanfang.h.levine@nasa.gov (LHL)
Current address: Kaplan Schiller Research LLC., Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
Affiliation Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA-ARS), Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Wei Zhao
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Affiliation MedImmune LLC, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America
- Jeffrey T. Richards
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Affiliation Enterprise Advisory Services Inc., QinetiQ North America for Engineering Services Contract (ESC), Sustainable Systems Applied Research, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States of America
- Raymond M. Wheeler
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Affiliation NASA Engineering Directorate, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States of America
- Charles L. Guy
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Affiliation Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Lanfang H. Levine
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* E-mail: fkaplan@ufl.edu (FK); lanfang.h.levine@nasa.gov (LHL)
Affiliation Enterprise Advisory Services Inc., QinetiQ North America for Engineering Services Contract (ESC), Sustainable Systems Applied Research, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests: Wei Zhao is employed by MedImmune LLC. The delicatessen containers used in this study were a gift from Publix Super Markets Inc. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FK WZ JTR RMW CLG LHL. Performed the experiments: FK CLG WZ. Analyzed the data: FK CLG WZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CLG LHL. Wrote the paper: FK WZ JTR RMW CLG LHL.