About the Authors

Zhanyou Xu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Plant Science Research Unit, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Saint Paul, MN, United States of America

Andreomar Kurek

Roles Data curation, Software, Validation

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States of America

Steven B. Cannon

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Corn Insects, and Crop Genetics Research Unit, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Ames, IA, United States of America

William D. Beavis

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

wdbeavis@iastate.edu

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.