About the Authors

Nurit Eliash

Affiliation Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel

Nitin Kumar Singh

Affiliation Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel

Yosef Kamer

Affiliation Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel

Govardhana Reddy Pinnelli

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B. C., Canada

Erika Plettner

sorokerv@volcani.agri.gov.il (VS); plettner@sfu.ca (EP)

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B. C., Canada

Victoria Soroker

sorokerv@volcani.agri.gov.il (VS); plettner@sfu.ca (EP)

Affiliation Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VS EP NE. Performed the experiments: NE NKS GRP YK. Analyzed the data: VS EP NE NKS GRP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EP VS GRP YK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: NE EP VS GRP NKS. Beekeeping: YK.