About the Authors
- Dhiraj Gautam
-
Current address: Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Productions Center, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America
Affiliation National Institute for Microbial Forensics & Food and Agricultural Biosecurity, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Shefali Dobhal
-
Affiliation National Institute for Microbial Forensics & Food and Agricultural Biosecurity, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Mark E. Payton
-
Affiliation Department of Statistics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Jacqueline Fletcher
-
* E-mail: jacqueline.fletcher@okstate.edu (JF); li.ma@okstate.edu (LMM)
Affiliation National Institute for Microbial Forensics & Food and Agricultural Biosecurity, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Li Maria Ma
-
* E-mail: jacqueline.fletcher@okstate.edu (JF); li.ma@okstate.edu (LMM)
Affiliation National Institute for Microbial Forensics & Food and Agricultural Biosecurity, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JF LMM DG. Performed the experiments: DG LMM. Analyzed the data: DG MEP JF LMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JF LMM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: DG JF LMM. Contributed to multiplex PCR optimization: SD.