About the Authors

Zainulabeuddin Syed

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Julien Pelletier

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Eric Flounders

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Rodrigo F. Chitolina

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Walter S. Leal

wsleal@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

One of the authors (WSL) is an Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZS JP EF RFC WSL. Performed the experiments: ZS JP EF RFC. Analyzed the data: ZS JP EF RFC WSL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZS JP EF RFC WSL. Wrote the paper: ZS WSL.