About the Authors

Rena Gorovits

gorovits@agri.huji.ac.il

Affiliation Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel

Adi Moshe

Affiliation Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel

Murad Ghanim

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel

Henryk Czosnek

Affiliation Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel

Competing Interests

Prof Murad Ghanim, is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. We confirm that this does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RG MG HC. Performed the experiments: RG AM. Analyzed the data: RG HC AM MG. Wrote the paper: RG HC.