About the Authors

Huarong Li

Affiliation Dow AgroSciences LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Monica Olson

Affiliation Dow AgroSciences LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Gaofeng Lin

Affiliation Dow AgroSciences LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Timothy Hey

Affiliation Dow AgroSciences LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Sek Yee Tan

Affiliation Dow AgroSciences LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Kenneth E. Narva

knarva@dow.com

Affiliation Dow AgroSciences LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors are employed by Dow AgroSciences, LLC. Data and information related to this manuscript are disclosed in US provisional patent applications 61/476005 and 61/477447, and published PCT patent applications WO/2011/133891 and WO/2011/133895 filed by Dow AgroSciences. 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: HL KN. Performed the experiments: HL MO GL TH SYT. Analyzed the data: HL MO KN SYT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HL MO GL TH SYT. Wrote the paper: HL MO KN SYT.