About the Authors
- Jennifer L. Williams
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Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
- Christa Ellers-Kirk
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Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
- Robert G. Orth
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Affiliation Monsanto LLC, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Aaron J. Gassmann
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Affiliations Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Entomology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
- Graham Head
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Affiliation Monsanto LLC, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Bruce E. Tabashnik
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Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
- Yves Carrière
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* E-mail: ycarrier@ag.arizona.edu
Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Competing Interests
BE Tabashnik received support for research that is not related to this publication from the following sources: Cotton Foundation, Cotton Inc., National Cotton Council, Monsanto, and Dow AgroSciences. Tabashnik is also co-author of a patent application on engineering modified Bt toxins to counter pest resistance, which is related to research described by Soberon et al. (2007, Science 318: 1640-1642). Robert G. Orth and Graham Head are employed by a commercial company, Monsanto LLC, which provides transgenic crops for the control of pests. 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: JW YC. Performed the experiments: JW CE-K RO AG. Analyzed the data: JW BT YC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RO GH BT YC. Wrote the paper: BT YC.