Acknowledgement
The author would like to express special appreciation to the late Prof. Kyung Saeng Boo for his dedication to the development of insect physiology and chemical ecology in Korea. This manuscript is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA, Hatch-Multistate project (MIS-311360) and by the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (MAFES) Special Research Initiative (SRI) grant.
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