About the Authors

Awdhesh Kumar Mishra

Affiliation National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi

Mehanathan Muthamilarasan

Affiliation National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi

Yusuf Khan

Affiliation National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi

Swarup Kumar Parida

Affiliation National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi

Manoj Prasad

manoj_prasad@nipgr.ac.in

Affiliation National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi

Competing Interests

The authors declare that Manoj Prasad is serving as Academic Editor of PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP. Performed the experiments: AKM MM YK SKP. Analyzed the data: AKM MM SKP MP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP. Wrote the paper: AKM MM SKP MP.