About the Authors

Jun Miao

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Qi Fan

Affiliations Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Dalian Institute of Biotechnology, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China

Daniel Parker

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Xiaolian Li

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jianyong Li

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Liwang Cui

luc2@psu.edu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM JL QF LC. Performed the experiments: JM QF XL. Analyzed the data: JM DP QF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JM QF. Wrote the paper: LC JM JL DP.