Heu, Chan C.
Benowitz, Kyle M.
Matzkin, Luciano M.
Allan, Carson W.
LeRoy, Dannialle M.
Li, Xianchun
Tabashnik, Bruce E.
Carrière, Yves
Fabrick, Jeffrey A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
USDA, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program (2020-33522-32268)
USDA, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (2020-67013-31924)
USDA, Agricultural Research Service (2020-22620-023-000D)
Article History
Received: 10 April 2025
Accepted: 17 November 2025
First Online: 26 November 2025
Declarations
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: This is a cooperative investigation between USDA ARS and the University of Arizona, with J.A.F., Y.C., L.M.M., and B.E.T. receiving funding from USDA (Agriculture and Food Research Initiative 2020-67013-31924 and Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program 2020-33522-32268) to support this work. C.C.H., K.M.B., C.W.A., and D.M.L. declare no potential conflict of interest. J.A.F. is coauthor of a patent “Cadherin Receptor Peptide for Potentiating Bt Biopesticides” (patent numbers: US20090175974A1, US8354371, WO2009067487A2, WO2009067487A3). B.E.T. is a coauthor of a patent on modified Bt toxins, “Suppression of Resistance in Insects to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry Toxins, Using Toxins that do not Require the Cadherin Receptor” (patent numbers: CA2690188A1, CN101730712A, EP2184293A2, EP2184293A4, EP2184293B1, WO2008150150A2, WO2008150150A3). Bayer Crop Science, BASF, Corteva Agriscience, and Syngenta did not provide funding to support this work but may be affected financially by publication of this paper and have funded other work by J.A.F., Y.C., X.L., and/or B.E.T.