About the Authors

Matthew B. Thomas

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics and Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

H. Charles J. Godfray

Affiliation Ecology Research Group, Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Andrew F. Read

Affiliations Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics and Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Henk van den Berg

Affiliation Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Bruce E. Tabashnik

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Joop C. van Lenteren

Affiliation Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Jeff K. Waage

Affiliation London International Development Centre, London, United Kingdom

Willem Takken

willem.takken@wur.nl

Affiliation Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: MT WT. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MT WT AFR HvdB BET HCJG JVvL JKW. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: MT WT AFR HvdB BET HCJG JVvL JKW. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: MT WT AFR HvdB BET HCJG JVvL JKW.