About the Authors

Ashutosh K. Srivastava

Affiliation Pesticide Toxicology Laboratory, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India), Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow, India

Satyajeet Rai

Affiliation Pesticide Toxicology Laboratory, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India), Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow, India

M. K. Srivastava

Affiliation Pesticide Toxicology Laboratory, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India), Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow, India

M. Lohani

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Integral University, Lucknow, India

M. K. R. Mudiam

Affiliation Pesticide Toxicology Laboratory, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India), Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow, India

L. P. Srivastava

laxmanprasad13@gmail.com

Affiliation Pesticide Toxicology Laboratory, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India), Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AKS SR LPS. Performed the experiments: AKS SR MKS. Analyzed the data: AKS SR MKS ML LPS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LPS MKRM. Wrote the paper: AKS SR MKS LPS. Performed the GC-MS confirmation of pesticides: MKRM.