About the Authors

Hasan N. N. Fatihah

Affiliation Department of Agricultural Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, Terengganu, Malaysia

Nashriyah Mat

nashriyah@unisza.edu.my

Affiliation Department of Agricultural Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, Terengganu, Malaysia

Abdul R. N. Zaimah

Affiliation Department of Agricultural Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, Terengganu, Malaysia

Mazlan N. Zuhailah

Affiliation Department of Agricultural Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, Terengganu, Malaysia

Haron Norhaslinda

Affiliation Department of Agricultural Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, Terengganu, Malaysia

Mahmud Khairil

Affiliation Department of Agricultural Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, Terengganu, Malaysia

Abdul Y. Ghani

Affiliation Department of Agricultural Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, Terengganu, Malaysia

Abdul M. Ali

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, Terengganu, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMA NM AYG HNNF. Performed the experiments: HNNF ARNZ MNZ HH. Analyzed the data: HNNF MNZ MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NM AMA. Wrote the paper: HNNF NM AMA.