About the Authors

Tofael Ahmed

Affiliations State Key Laboratory for the Biology of the Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China, Bangladesh Sugarcane Research Institute, Ishurdi, Pabna, Bangladesh

Tian-tao Zhang

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

Zhen-ying Wang

zywang@ippcaas.cn

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

Kang-lai He

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

Shu-xiong Bai

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for the Biology of the 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: TA TZ ZW. Performed the experiments: TA. Analyzed the data: TA TZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TA TZ KH SB. Wrote the paper: TA ZW TZ.