About the Authors

Sandip More

Affiliations Centre of Advanced Study, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, 700019, West Bengal, India, Geological Studies Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203, B.T. Road, Kolkata, 700108, West Bengal, India

Dipak Kumar Paruya

Affiliation Centre of Advanced Study, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, 700019, West Bengal, India

Suchana Taral

Affiliation Geological Studies Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203, B.T. Road, Kolkata, 700108, West Bengal, India

Tapan Chakraborty

Affiliation Geological Studies Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203, B.T. Road, Kolkata, 700108, West Bengal, India

Subir Bera

berasubir@yahoo.co.in

Affiliation Centre of Advanced Study, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, 700019, West Bengal, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB TC. Performed the experiments: SM DKP ST. Analyzed the data: SM DKP ST. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SB TC. Wrote the paper: SM DKP ST. Supervised the project: SB TC.