About the Authors

Merav Gleit Kielmanowicz

merav.gleit@beeologics.com

Affiliation Monsanto Company, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Alex Inberg

Affiliation Monsanto Company, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Inbar Maayan Lerner

Affiliation Monsanto Company, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Yael Golani

Affiliation Monsanto Company, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Nicholas Brown

Affiliation Monsanto Company, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Catherine Louise Turner

Affiliation Monsanto Company, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Gerald J. R. Hayes

Affiliation Monsanto Company, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Joan M. Ballam

Affiliation Monsanto Company, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: All authors are employed by Monsanto Co. or its affiliates. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MGK AI CLT JMB GJRH. Performed the experiments: MGK AI IML YG NB GJRH. Analyzed the data: MGK NB CLT JMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MGK AI IML YG NB. Wrote the paper: MGK JMB AI.