About the Authors

Waikhom Bimolata

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Prof. C. R. Rao Road, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, 500046, India

Anirudh Kumar

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Prof. C. R. Rao Road, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, 500046, India

Sai Kiran Reddy M

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Prof. C. R. Rao Road, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, 500046, India

Raman Meenakshi Sundaram

Affiliation Crop Improvement Section, Directorate of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030, India

Gouri Sankar Laha

Affiliation Crop Protection Section, Directorate of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030, India

Insaf Ahmed Qureshi

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Prof. C. R. Rao Road, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, 500046, India

Irfan Ahmad Ghazi

irfan@uohyd.ernet.in

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Prof. C. R. Rao Road, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, 500046, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WB RMS IAQ IAG. Performed the experiments: WB AK SKRM. Analyzed the data: WB IAQ IAG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GSL IAQ IAG. Wrote the paper: WB IAG.