About the Authors

Sowbiya Muneer

Affiliation Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660–701, Korea

Chung Ho Ko

Affiliation Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660–701, Korea

Prabhakaran Soundararajan

Affiliation Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660–701, Korea

Abinaya Manivnnan

Affiliation Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660–701, Korea

Yoo Gyeong Park

Affiliation Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660–701, Korea

Byoung Ryong Jeong

brjeong@gnu.ac.kr

Affiliations Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660–701, Korea, Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660–701, Korea, Research Institute of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660–701, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM BRJ. Performed the experiments: SM CHK. Analyzed the data: SM BRJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM BRJ. Wrote the paper: SM BRJ. Handled the experimental plants: CHK. Helped in helpful discussions: PS AM YGP. Wrote and finalized the manuscript: SM BRJ.