About the Authors

Samuel W. Vernon

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom

Jim Goodchild

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Syngenta Crop Protection Research, Bracknell, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Richard A. Baines

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Richard.Baines@manchester.ac.uk

Affiliation Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have the following competing interests: Dr. Goodchild is employed by Syngenta Crop Protection. The insecticidal activity of the 5-CL-CASPP disclosed in this paper has been patented by Syngenta (WO2003106457, WO2005058897, WO2005061512), however the focus of this study (the molecular mechanism of action) is independent of any commercial interest, and there are no other relevant Syngenta 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. SWV and RAB declare no competing interests.