About the Authors
- Carla C. Dutra
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Affiliation Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Dourados, Brazil
- Robert L. Koch
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Affiliation Plant Protection Division, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
- Eric C. Burkness
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Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
- Michael Meissle
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Affiliation Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART, Zurich, Switzerland
- Joerg Romeis
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Affiliation Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART, Zurich, Switzerland
- William D. Hutchison
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* E-mail: hutch002@umn.edu
Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
- Marcos G. Fernandes
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Affiliation Faculdade de Ciências Biológicas e Ambientais, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Dourados, Brazil
Competing Interests
The two maize hybrids for this trial were gifted by Monsanto Co. 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: CCD RLK ECB MM JR WDH MGF. Performed the experiments: CCD MM JR. Analyzed the data: CCD RLK ECB MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JR WDH. Wrote the paper: CCD RLK ECB MM JR WDH MGF.