Article History
Received: 24 October 2017
Revised: 29 May 2018
Accepted: 16 June 2018
First Online: 22 June 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. Mention of trade names or commercial products in this article is solely for the purpose of providing specific information and does not imply recommendation or endorsement by the USDA.
: Specific permission was not required for collection of SWD in USDA, ARS, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD. The land was owned by our employer, USDA. Permission was obtained from Mr. Ben Butler, assistant farm manager of Butler’s Orchard, Germantown, MD, to collect SWD in a blueberry field. The collections made during this study did not involve endangered or protected species.
: The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
: This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals (vertebrates) performed by any of the authors.