About the Authors

Wen-Kun Huang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China

Jian-Hua Sun

Affiliation Tianjin Key Laboratory of Animals and Plants Resistance, College of Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, P. R. China

Jiang-Kuan Cui

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China

Gang-Feng Wang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China

Ling-An Kong

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China

Huan Peng

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China

Shu-Long Chen

Affiliation Institute of Plant Protection, Hebei Academy of Agricultural and Forestry, Baoding, Hebei Province, P. R. China

De-Liang Peng

dlpeng@ippcaas.cn

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DLP. Performed the experiments: JKC GFW LAK HP. Analyzed the data: WKH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHS. Wrote the paper: WKH DLP SLC.