About the Authors
- Jeffrey A. Fabrick
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* E-mail: 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
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Affiliation National Institute of Plant Health Management, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Amar Singh
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Affiliation National Centre for Integrated Pest Management, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Raj K. Tanwar
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Affiliation National Centre for Integrated Pest Management, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Gopalan C. Unnithan
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Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
- Alex J. Yelich
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Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
- Xianchun Li
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Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
- Yves Carrière
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Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
- Bruce E. Tabashnik
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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.