About the Authors

Fangneng Huang

fhuang@agcenter.lsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Jawwad A. Qureshi

Affiliation Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Immokalee, Florida, United States of America

Robert L. Meagher Jr.

Affiliation Insect Behavior and Biocontrol Unit, USDA-ARS CMAVE, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Dominic D. Reisig

Affiliation Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Vernon G. James Research and Extension Center, Plymouth, North Carolina, United States of America

Graham P. Head

Affiliation Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

David A. Andow

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Xinzi Ni

Affiliation USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Crop Genetics and Breeding Research Unit, Tifton, Georgia, United States of America

David Kerns

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

G. David Buntin

Affiliation UGA-Griffin Campus, Department of Entomology, the University of Georgia, Griffin, Georgia, United States of America

Ying Niu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Fei Yang

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Vikash Dangal

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interests. F.H. received research funding related to this project from the Louisiana Soybean and Feed Grain Promotion Board, Monsanto, and the hatch funds from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. G.P.H. has an affiliation to one of the financial supporters of this study. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FH JAQ GPH. Performed the experiments: FH JAQ RLM DDR XN DK GDB YN FY VD. Analyzed the data: FH DAA JAQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FH JAQ RLM DDR GPH DAA XN DK GDB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: FH GPH JAQ DAA. Discussed the results and commented on the manuscript: FH JAQ RLM DDR GPH DAA XN DK GDB YN FY VD.