About the Authors

Raman Bansal

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

Scot Hulbert

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Brandi Schemerhorn

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service and Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

John C. Reese

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

R. Jeff Whitworth

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

Jeffrey J. Stuart

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

Ming-Shun Chen

ming-shun.chen@ars.usda.gov

Affiliations Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America, Hard Winter Wheat Genetics Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, 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: M-SC RB SH JJS. Performed the experiments: RB SH JJS M-SC. Analyzed the data: RB SH BS JJS M-SC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BS JCR RJW JJS M-SC. Wrote the paper: RB SH BS JCR RJW JJS M-SC.