About the Authors

Senthilkumar Pitchalu Kasthurinaidu

† Deceased.

Affiliations Department of Biotechnology, Shree M. & N. Virani Science College, Rajkot, Gujarat, 360 005, India, Department of Plant Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamilnadu, 625 021, India

Thirumurugan Ramasamy

ramthiru72@gmail.com (TR)

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, School of Life Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, 620 024, India

Jayachitra Ayyavoo

Affiliation Department of Plant Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamilnadu, 625 021, India

Dhvani Kirtikumar Dave

Contributed equally to this work with: Dhvani Kirtikumar Dave, Divya Anantray Adroja

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Shree M. & N. Virani Science College, Rajkot, Gujarat, 360 005, India

Divya Anantray Adroja

Contributed equally to this work with: Dhvani Kirtikumar Dave, Divya Anantray Adroja

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Shree M. & N. Virani Science College, Rajkot, Gujarat, 360 005, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SPK DKD DAA JA TR. Performed the experiments: SPK DKD DAA. Analyzed the data: SPK JA TR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SPK DKD DAA. Wrote the paper: SPK JA TR.