About the Authors

Xing Fu Jiang

xfjiang@ippcaas.cn (XJ); lzluo@ippcaas.cn (LL)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Jian Chen

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Lei Zhang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Thomas W. Sappington

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Genetics Laboratory ISU, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Li Zhi Luo

xfjiang@ippcaas.cn (XJ); lzluo@ippcaas.cn (LL)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, 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: XJ LL. Performed the experiments: JC. Analyzed the data: XJ JC LZ. Wrote the paper: XJ TWS.