About the Authors

Ahlam Khalofah

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia, Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Muhammad Ifnan Khan

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft

mifnan@gudgk.edu.pk (MIK); rahulmedcure@gmail.com (RD)

Affiliation Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan

Muhammad Arif

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Plant Protection, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan

Ansar Hussain

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan

Rehmat Ullah

Roles Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Soil and Water Testing Laboratory, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan

Muhammad Irfan

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Department of Agronomy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

Shahzadi Mahpara

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan

Rahmat Ullah Shah

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Department of Soil Science, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

Mohammad Javed Ansari

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Botany, Hindu College Moradabad, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University Bareilly, Bareilly, India

Antonin Kintl

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Agriculture Research, Ltd., Troubsko, Czech Republic, Faculty of Agrisciences, Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic

Martin Brtnicky

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Agriculture Research, Ltd., Troubsko, Czech Republic, Faculty of Agrisciences, Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic, Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic

Subhan Danish

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Department of Soil Science, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

Rahul Datta

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

mifnan@gudgk.edu.pk (MIK); rahulmedcure@gmail.com (RD)

Affiliation Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Department of Geology and Soil Science, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interests: AK and MB are paid employees of Agricultural Research Ltd. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.