About the Authors

Iliano V. Coutinho-Abreu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Narinder K. Sharma

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Maricela Robles-Murguia

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Marcelo Ramalho-Ortigao

mortigao@ksu.edu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IVC-A MR-O. Performed the experiments: IVC-A NKS MR-M MR-O. Analyzed the data: IVC-A MR-O.Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NKS MR-M MR-O. Wrote the paper: IVC-A MR-O.