About the Authors

Antonios A. Augustinos

Affiliation Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna, Austria

Arun Rajamohan

Affiliation Insect Genetics and Biochemistry Unit, Biosciences Research Lab, USDA, Fargo, ND, 58105, United States of America

Georgios A. Kyritsis

Affiliation Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna, Austria

Antigone Zacharopoulou

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

Ihsan ul Haq

Affiliation Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna, Austria

Asya Targovska

Affiliation Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna, Austria

Carlos Caceres

Affiliation Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna, Austria

Kostas Bourtzis

Affiliation Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna, Austria

Adly M. M. Abd-Alla

a.m.m.abd-alla@iaea.org

Affiliation Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMMA KB AR. Performed the experiments: AAA AR GAK IuH AT AZ AMMA. Analyzed the data: AAA AR AZ KB AMMA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KB AR AMMA CC AZ. Wrote the paper: AAA AR CC KB AMMA.