About the Authors

Raj Kumar Joshi

Affiliations Department of Agricultural Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2P5, Canada, Centre of Biotechnology, Siksha O Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar-751003, India

Swati Megha

Affiliation Department of Agricultural Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2P5, Canada

Urmila Basu

Affiliation Department of Agricultural Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2P5, Canada

Muhammad H. Rahman

Affiliation Department of Agricultural Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2P5, Canada

Nat N. V. Kav

nat@ualberta.ca

Affiliation Department of Agricultural Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2P5, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RKJ SM UB MHR NNVK. Performed the experiments: RKJ SM. Analyzed the data: RKJ SM UB NNVK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NNVK. Wrote the paper: RKJ SM UB MHR NNVK.