About the Authors
- Peng Wan
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Affiliations State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China, Institute of Plant Protection and Soil Science, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
- Yunxin Huang
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Affiliation Faculty of Resources and Environmental Science, Hubei University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
- Huaiheng Wu
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Affiliation Institute of Plant Protection and Soil Science, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
- Minsong Huang
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Affiliation Institute of Plant Protection and Soil Science, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
- Shengbo Cong
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Affiliation Institute of Plant Protection and Soil Science, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
- Bruce E. Tabashnik
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Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
- Kongming Wu
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* E-mail: kmwu@ippcaas.cn
Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
Competing Interests
B. E. Tabashnik has 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. He is also a coauthor of a patent application on engineering modified Bt toxins to counter pest resistance, which is related to research described by Soberón et al. (2007, Science 318: 1640-1642). This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PW KMW MSH. Performed the experiments: PW HHW SBC MSH. Analyzed the data: PW KMW YXH BET. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PW HHW SBC. Wrote the paper: PW KMW YXH BET. Collected data: PW HHW SBC MSH.