About the Authors

Samra Irum

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Applied Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Nyla Jabeen

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

nylajabeen8@gmail.com (NJ); ahmadks@upr.edu.pk (KSA)

Affiliation Applied Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Khawaja Shafique Ahmad

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

nylajabeen8@gmail.com (NJ); ahmadks@upr.edu.pk (KSA)

Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Poonch, Rawalakot (UPR), Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

Saima Shafique

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Applied Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Talha Farooq Khan

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Institute of Space Technology Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Hina Gul

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation University Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Sadaf Anwaar

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Applied Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Nuzhat Imam Shah

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan

Ansar Mehmood

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Poonch, Rawalakot (UPR), Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

Syed Zaheer Hussain

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.