About the Authors

Brian Hauge

Brian.hauge@monsanto.com

Affiliation Biotechnology Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Christopher Oggero

Affiliation Biotechnology Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Nicole Nguyen

Affiliation Biotechnology Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Changlin Fu

Affiliation Biotechnology Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Fenggao Dong

Affiliation Biotechnology Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

All authors are affiliated with the Monsanto Company. The method described in this publication has been disclosed in patent application no. 60634779.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BMH FD. Performed the experiments: CO NN CF FD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CO NN CF. Wrote the paper: BMH.