About the Authors

Pallinti Purushotham

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

P. V. Parvati Sai Arun

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Jogadhenu S. S. Prakash

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Appa Rao Podile

arpsl@uohyd.ernet.in

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSSP ARP. Performed the experiments: PP PVPSA. Analyzed the data: PP PVPSA JSSP ARP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PP PVPSA JSSP ARP. Wrote the paper: PP ARP.