About the Authors

Lata Nischal

Affiliation Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), New Delhi, India

Mohd Mohsin

Affiliation Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), New Delhi, India

Ishrat Khan

Affiliation Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), New Delhi, India

Hemant Kardam

Affiliation Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), New Delhi, India

Asha Wadhwa

Affiliation Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), New Delhi, India

Yash Pal Abrol

Affiliation Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), New Delhi, India

Muhammad Iqbal

Affiliation Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), New Delhi, India

Altaf Ahmad

aahmed@jamiahamdard.ac.in

Affiliation Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LN AA YPA MI. Performed the experiments: LN IK MM. Analyzed the data: LN HK IK AW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA MI. Wrote the paper: LN AA IK.