About the Authors

Gabriel Scalliet

gabriel.scalliet@syngenta.com

Affiliation Syngenta Crop Protection Münchwilen AG, Stein, Switzerland

Judith Bowler

Affiliation Syngenta Jealott's Hill International Research Center, Bracknell, United Kingdom

Torsten Luksch

Affiliation Syngenta Crop Protection Münchwilen AG, Stein, Switzerland

Lucy Kirchhofer-Allan

Affiliation Syngenta Crop Protection Münchwilen AG, Stein, Switzerland

Diana Steinhauer

Affiliation Syngenta Crop Protection Münchwilen AG, Stein, Switzerland

Keith Ward

Affiliation Syngenta Jealott's Hill International Research Center, Bracknell, United Kingdom

Michael Niklaus

Current address: Department of Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Affiliation Syngenta Crop Protection Münchwilen AG, Stein, Switzerland

Andreas Verras

Current address: Merck and Co. Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America

Affiliation Syngenta Crop Protection Münchwilen AG, Stein, Switzerland

Michael Csukai

Affiliation Syngenta Jealott's Hill International Research Center, Bracknell, United Kingdom

Antoine Daina

Current address: School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Affiliation Syngenta Crop Protection Münchwilen AG, Stein, Switzerland

Raymonde Fonné-Pfister

Affiliation Syngenta Crop Protection Münchwilen AG, Stein, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The following authors were employees of Syngenta Crop Protection Münchwilen AG at the time of the study: Dr. Scalliet, Dr. Luksch, Dr. Kirchhofer-Allan, Dr. Steinhauer, Dr. Niklaus, Dr. Verras, Dr. Daina and Dr. Fonné-Pfister. Dr. Ward and Dr. Csukai are employees of Syngenta Jealott's Hill International Research Center, Bracknell Berkshire. We have the following products in development and marketed products to declare: Bontima and Seguris (contain Isopyrazam), Vibrance (contains Sedaxane). 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: GS JB TL AV AD RFP. Performed the experiments: GS JB LKA DS MN AV AD. Analyzed the data: GS KW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GS JB. Wrote the paper: GS MC.