About the Authors

Matthias Witschel

matthias.witschel@basf.com (MW); Reto.Brun@unibas.ch (RB)

Affiliation BASF SE, Global Research Herbicides, Ludwigshafen, Germany

Matthias Rottmann

Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Marcel Kaiser

Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Reto Brun

matthias.witschel@basf.com (MW); Reto.Brun@unibas.ch (RB)

Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MW MR MK RB. Performed the experiments: MR MK. Analyzed the data: MW MR MK RB. Wrote the paper: MW MR MK RB.