About the Authors

Suomeng Dong

Affiliations College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China, Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Nanjing Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China

Weixiao Yin

Affiliation College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Guanghui Kong

Affiliation College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Xinyu Yang

Affiliation College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Dinah Qutob

Affiliation Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, Canada

Qinghe Chen

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Shiv D. Kale

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Yangyang Sui

Affiliation College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Zhengguang Zhang

Affiliations College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China, Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Nanjing Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China

Daolong Dou

Affiliations College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China, Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Nanjing Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China

Xiaobo Zheng

Affiliations College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China, Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Nanjing Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China

Mark Gijzen

Affiliation Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, Canada

Brett M. Tyler

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Yuanchao Wang

wangyc@njau.edu.cn

Affiliations College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China, Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Nanjing Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SD ZZ DD MG BMT YW. Performed the experiments: SD WY GK XY DQ QC YS. Analyzed the data: SD WY GK XZ BMT YW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SD WY GK DQ SDK QC ZZ. Wrote the paper: SD MG BMT YW.