About the Authors

Robert P. Koester

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

bkoester@bensonhill.com (RK); moufattole@bensonhill.com (MO)

Affiliation Benson Hill, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Charles P. Pignon

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Benson Hill, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Dylan C. Kesler

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Benson Hill, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Rebecca S. Willison

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Benson Hill, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Miyoung Kang

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Benson Hill, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Yu Shen

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Benson Hill, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Henry D. Priest

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Benson Hill, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Matthew B. Begemann

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Benson Hill, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Kevin A. Cook

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Benson Hill, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Gary A. Bannon

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Benson Hill, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Mohammed Oufattole

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

bkoester@bensonhill.com (RK); moufattole@bensonhill.com (MO)

Affiliation Benson Hill, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

This work was funded by Benson Hill, a for-profit agricultural technology company, as part of its research and development program. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data. The transgenic ictB plants used here are not available to be shared.