About the Authors

Jordan D. Reinders

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

jordan.reinders3@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Emily E. Reinders

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Emily A. Robinson

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

William J. Moar

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation CropScience Division, Bayer AG, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Paula A. Price

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation CropScience Division, Bayer AG, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Graham P. Head

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation CropScience Division, Bayer AG, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Lance J. Meinke

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

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. JDR and LJM developed the research concept/study design and conducted the project to increase our understanding of dietary exposure of western corn rootworm to the new technology, SmartStax® PRO. LJM wrote/submitted proposal to Monsanto Company (now Bayer). Industry authors provided materials, information integral to the project, and review of the initial manuscript draft. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.