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

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

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.