About the Authors

Parthasarathy Ramaseshadri

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Monsanto Company, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Gerrit Segers

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Monsanto Company, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Ronald Flannagan

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Monsanto Company, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Elizabeth Wiggins

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Monsanto Company, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

William Clinton

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Monsanto Company, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Oliver Ilagan

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Monsanto Company, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Brian McNulty

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Monsanto Company, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Thomas Clark

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Monsanto Company, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Renata Bolognesi

renata.bolognesi@monsanto.com

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Monsanto Company, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

All authors are employees of Monsanto Company. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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

Supplied reagents/materials/analysis tools: WC OI BM. Final approval: RF TC. Conceived and designed the experiments: PR. Performed the experiments: PR EW. Analyzed the data: PR RB GS. Wrote the paper: PR.