About the Authors

Shizuo G. Kamita

Affiliations Department of Entomology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, University of California Davis Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Aman I. Samra

Affiliations Department of Entomology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, University of California Davis Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Jun-Yan Liu

Affiliations Department of Entomology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, University of California Davis Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Anthony J. Cornel

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Bruce D. Hammock

bdhammock@ucdavis.edu

Affiliations Department of Entomology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, University of California Davis Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SGK BDH. Performed the experiments: SGK AIS J-YL. Analyzed the data: SGK AIS J-YL AJC BDH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJC. Wrote the paper: SGK BDH.