About the Authors

Nair G. Sarath

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Botany, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Division, University of Calicut, Thenhipalam, Kerala, India

Shackira A. Manzil

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Botany, Sir Syed College, Taliparamba, Kannur, Kerala, India

Sajad Ali

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, South Korea

Abdulaziz Abdullah Alsahli

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Jos T. Puthur

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

jtputhur@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Botany, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Division, University of Calicut, Thenhipalam, Kerala, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.