About the Authors

Manisha Sharma

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India

Arundhati Mukhopadhyay

Affiliation Centre for Genetic Manipulation of Crop Plants, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India

Vibha Gupta

Affiliation Centre for Genetic Manipulation of Crop Plants, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India

Deepak Pental

Affiliations Department of Genetics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India, Centre for Genetic Manipulation of Crop Plants, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India

Akshay K. Pradhan

pradhancgmcp@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Genetics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India, Centre for Genetic Manipulation of Crop Plants, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS VG DP AKP. Performed the experiments: MS AM VG. Analyzed the data: MS VG AKP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM VG DP AKP. Wrote the paper: MS DP AKP.