About the Authors

Xiaoxia Liu

Affiliations Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, Department of Entomology, Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, United States of America

Mao Chen

Current address: Monsanto Company, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, United States of America

Hilda L. Collins

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, United States of America

David W. Onstad

Current address: Dupont Agricultural Biotechnology, Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Richard T. Roush

Affiliation Melbourne School of Land and Environment, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Qingwen Zhang

Affiliation Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Elizabeth D. Earle

Affiliation Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Anthony M. Shelton

ams5@cornell.edu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XXL MC DO RR AMS. Performed the experiments: XXL MC AMS. Analyzed the data: XXL MC AMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HLC EDE. Wrote the paper: XXL AMS. Discussed and helped analyze the results: QWZ.