About the Authors

Sandhya V. G. Nair

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ziaullah

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada

H. P. Vasantha Rupasinghe

vrupasinghe@dal.ca

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HPVR SVGN. Performed the experiments: SVGN Z. Analyzed the data: SVGN HPVR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HPVR. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SVGN HPVR Z. Principal investigator and lead scientist: HPVR.