About the Authors

Peddisetty Pardha-Saradhi

ppsaradhi@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Gupta Yamal

Affiliations Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Tanuj Peddisetty

Affiliation Department of Petroleum Engineering & Earth Sciences, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

Peddisetty Sharmila

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India

Shilpi Nagar

Affiliation Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Jyoti Singh

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Rajamani Nagarajan

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Kottapalli S. Rao

Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PPS. Performed the experiments: PPS GY PS TP SN JS. Analyzed the data: PPS GY PS SN JS RN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PPS KSR. Wrote the paper: PPS GY PS TP SN JS RN KSR.