About the Authors

D. P. Singh

dp.khokhar@rediffmail.com

Affiliation Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India

J. I. S. Khattar

Affiliation Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India

Mandeep Kaur

Affiliation Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India

Gurdeep Kaur

Affiliation Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India

Meenu Gupta

Affiliation Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India

Yadvinder Singh

Affiliation Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Finalized the manuscript: DPS JISK. Conceived and designed the experiments: DPS JISK. Performed the experiments: MK GK MG YS. Analyzed the data: JISK DPS MK GK MG YS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DPS JISK. Wrote the paper: MK GK MG YS.