About the Authors

Duraisamy Prasath

dprasath@gmail.com

Affiliation Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala, India

Raveendran Karthika

Affiliation Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala, India

Naduva Thadath Habeeba

Affiliation Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala, India

Erinjery Jose Suraby

Affiliation Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala, India

Ottakandathil Babu Rosana

Affiliation Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala, India

Avaroth Shaji

Affiliation Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala, India

Santhosh Joseph Eapen

Affiliation Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala, India

Uday Deshpande

Affiliation Labindia-GPOD Research and Training Division, Thane, Maharashtra, India

Muthuswamy Anandaraj

Affiliation Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala, India

Competing Interests

Co-author U. Deshpande is employed by Labindia-GPOD. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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: DP MA. Performed the experiments: RK DP EJS. Analyzed the data: OBR UD DP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NTH AS SJE. Wrote the paper: DP.