About the Authors
- Raman Bansal
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* E-mail: bansal.67@osu.edu
Affiliation Department of Entomology, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, 44691, United States of America
- Priyanka Mittapelly
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Affiliation Department of Entomology, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, 44691, United States of America
- Yuting Chen
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Current address: Department of Entomology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Entomology, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, 44691, United States of America
- Praveen Mamidala
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Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, University College of Science, Telangana University, Dichpally, Nizamabad, Telangana, 503322, India
- Chaoyang Zhao
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Current address: Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman WA, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Entomology, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, 44691, United States of America
- Andy Michel
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Affiliation Department of Entomology, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, 44691, United States of America
Competing Interests
All authors have agreed to the content of the manuscript and have declared the following interests. This study was partly funded by the Ohio Soybean Council. 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 on-line in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RB CZ AM. Performed the experiments: RB P. Mittapelly YC. Analyzed the data: RB P. Mittapelly. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM. Wrote the paper: RB P. Mittapelly P. Mamidala AM.