About the Authors
- Zhaorigetu Chen
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Affiliations Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America, Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Center, Bruce, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- David Schlipalius
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Affiliations Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Agri-Science Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Center, Bruce, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- George Opit
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Affiliation Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Bhadriraju Subramanyam
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Affiliations Dept. of Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America, Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Center, Bruce, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Thomas W. Phillips
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* E-mail: twp1@ksu.edu
Affiliations Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America, Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Center, Bruce, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Competing Interests
The major funding source for this research was the Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre (PB-CRC) and four out of our five authors have a partial affiliation with this agency. Only Dr. Chen is receiving salary from the grant to Dr. Phillips from the PB-CRC. The other three co-authors, Drs. Schlipalius, Subramanyam and Phillips, are named principal investigators for one or more research grants from the PB-CRC, but they receive no direct compensation from this agency. The authors hereby confirm that these relationships do not alter their adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ZC DS TP. Performed the experiments: ZC. Analyzed the data: ZC DS TP. Wrote the paper: ZC DS TP. Collected insects from the field: GO BS TP. Critically revised the manuscript: ZC TP DS.