About the Authors

Qi-Xing Huang

Affiliations College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Xin-Yue Cheng

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

Zhen-Chuan Mao

Affiliation Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Yun-Sheng Wang

Affiliations Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China, Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Innovation and Utilization, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China

Li-Lin Zhao

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Xia Yan

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

Virginia R. Ferris

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Ru-Mei Xu

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

Bing-Yan Xie

xiebingyan2003@yahoo.com.cn

Affiliation Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XYC RMX BYX. Performed the experiments: QXH ZCM XY. Analyzed the data: QXH XYC YSW BYX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LLZ. Wrote the paper: QXH XYC VRF BYX.