About the Authors

Jitendra Kumar

Affiliation Mycopathology and Microbial Technology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India

Vijay K. Sharma

Affiliation Mycopathology and Microbial Technology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India

Dheeraj K. Singh

Affiliation Mycopathology and Microbial Technology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India

Ashish Mishra

Affiliation Mycopathology and Microbial Technology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India

Surendra K. Gond

Affiliation Dept of Botany, Visva-Bharati, Shantiniketan, Bolpur, India

Satish K. Verma

Affiliation Mycopathology and Microbial Technology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India

Anuj Kumar

Affiliation Dept of Botany, Budhha PG College, Kushinagar, India

Ravindra Nath Kharwar

rnkharwar@yahoo.com

Affiliation Mycopathology and Microbial Technology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JK AK RNK. Performed the experiments: JK VKS DKS AM. Analyzed the data: JK SKG SKV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JK RNK. Wrote the paper: JK RNK SKV.