About the Authors
- Peter M. Letcher
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* E-mail: letch006@bama.ua.edu
Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States of America
- Salvador Lopez
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Affiliation Crop Protection Group, Sapphire Energy, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
- Robert Schmieder
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Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Computational Science Research Center, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Philip A. Lee
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Affiliation Crop Protection Group, Sapphire Energy, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
- Craig Behnke
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Affiliation Crop Protection Group, Sapphire Energy, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
- Martha J. Powell
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States of America
- Robert C. McBride
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Affiliation Crop Protection Group, Sapphire Energy, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors Salvador Lopez, Philip A. Lee, Craig Behnke, and Robert C. McBride are employees of Sapphire Energy, Inc., San Diego, CA; authors Peter M. Letcher and Robert Schmieder are paid consultants of Sapphire Energy; Martha J. Powell is an unpaid consultant of Sapphire Energy. 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: PML PAL CB RCM. Performed the experiments: SL RS PAL RCM. Analyzed the data: PML SL RS PAL CB MJP RCM. Wrote the paper: PML SL RS PAL CB MJP RCM.