About the Authors

M. Marsha Ormskirk

Contributed equally to this work with: M. Marsha Ormskirk, Josefina Narciso, Travis R. Glare

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

m.m.ormskirk@gmail.com

Affiliation Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand

Josefina Narciso

Contributed equally to this work with: M. Marsha Ormskirk, Josefina Narciso, Travis R. Glare

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand

John G. Hampton

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand

Travis R. Glare

Contributed equally to this work with: M. Marsha Ormskirk, Josefina Narciso, Travis R. Glare

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

Affiliation Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The work was sponsored by our commercial partner Biotelliga (https://www.biotelliga.com/) (MO, TG). There is the following patent, related to material pertinent to this article: ‘Novel strains of Brevibacillus laterosporus as a biocontrol agent against plant pests, particularly Lepidoptera and Diptera’ (patent no. CA2885303A1) belonging to the institution to which the authors are affiliated and from which the authors may benefit. A product Lateral has recently been launched based on one of the strains used in this study by Ecolibrium Biologicals, New Zealand. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.