About the Authors
- Lisa N. Meihls
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* E-mail: lnm2m9@mail.missouri.edu
Affiliation Plant-Insect Interactions, The Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
- Matthew L. Higdon
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Affiliation Plant Genetics Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
- Mark R. Ellersieck
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Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
- Bruce E. Tabashnik
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Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
- Bruce E. Hibbard
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Affiliation Plant Genetics Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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 on engineering modified Bt toxins to counter pest resistance, which is related to research described by Tabashnik et al. (2011, Nature Biotechnology 29: 1128–1131). This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies of sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LNM BEH. Performed the experiments: LNM MLH. Analyzed the data: LNM MRE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MRE BEH. Wrote the paper: LNM BET BEH.