About the Authors

Jeffrey A. Fabrick

jeff.fabrick@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center, Maricopa, Arizona, United States of America

Jeyakumar Ponnuraj

Affiliation National Institute of Plant Health Management, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Amar Singh

Affiliation National Centre for Integrated Pest Management, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, Delhi, India

Raj K. Tanwar

Affiliation National Centre for Integrated Pest Management, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, Delhi, India

Gopalan C. Unnithan

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Alex J. Yelich

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Xianchun Li

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Yves Carrière

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Bruce E. Tabashnik

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

J.A.F. is coauthor of a patent “Cadherin Receptor Peptide for Potentiating Bt Biopesticides” (patent numbers: US20090175974A1, US8354371, WO2009067487A2, WO2009067487A3). B.E.T. is coauthor of a patent on modified Bt toxins, “Suppression of Resistance in Insects to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry Toxins, Using Toxins that do not Require the Cadherin Receptor” (patent numbers: CA2690188A1, CN101730712A, EP2184293A2, EP2184293A4, EP2184293B1, WO2008150150A2, WO2008150150A3). Pioneer, Dow AgroSciences, Monsanto and Bayer CropScience did not provide funding to support this work, but may be affected financially by publication of this paper and have funded other work by J.A.F., Y.C., and B.E.T. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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: JAF BET JP XL. Performed the experiments: JAF JP AS RKT GCU AJY. Analyzed the data: JAF BET XL JP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAF BET JP AS RKT. Wrote the paper: JAF BET XL YC.