About the Authors

Adrianna Szczepaniec

adrianna.szczepaniec@sdstate.edu

Current address: Plant Science Department, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Michael J. Raupp

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Roy D. Parker

Affiliation Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States of America

David Kerns

Current address: Louisiana State University AgCenter, Louisiana State University, Winnsboro, Louisiana, United States of America

Affiliation Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Texas A&M University, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Micky D. Eubanks

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The donation of 1 kg of seeds that were used in the laboratory experiments was the full extent of interactions that the authors had with the commercial source. This donation had no bearing on the research methods, and did not in any way affect the authors’ interpretation of the data. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS MJR MDE. Performed the experiments: AS RDP DK. Analyzed the data: AS. Wrote the paper: AS MDE.