About the Authors

Yoko Kawaguchi-Ito

Affiliation United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan

Shi-Fang Li

sfli@ippcaas.cn (SFL); sano@cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp (TS)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Masaya Tagawa

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan

Hiroyuki Araki

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan

Masafumi Goshono

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan

Shingen Yamamoto

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan

Mayumi Tanaka

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan

Masako Narita

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan

Kazuaki Tanaka

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan

Sheng-Xue Liu

Affiliation Key Oasis Eco-agriculture Laboratory of Xinjiang Production and Construction Group, Shihezi, People's Republic of China

Eishiro Shikata

Affiliation Graduate School of Agriculture, Japan Academy, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Teruo Sano

sfli@ippcaas.cn (SFL); sano@cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp (TS)

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SFL ES TS. Performed the experiments: YKI SFL MT HA MG SY MT MN SXL TS. Analyzed the data: YKI SFL MT HA MG SY MT MN KT SXL TS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SFL KT TS. Wrote the paper: YKI SFL TS. Collected samples: SXL.