About the Authors

Babar Iqbal

Roles Writing – original draft

Babariqbal441@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Chemical & Life Sciences, Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan

Fida Hussain

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliations Department of Chemical & Life Sciences, Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan, Department of Botany, Islamia College Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan

Muhammad Saleem khan

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Botany, Islamia College Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan

Taimur Iqbal

Roles Formal analysis, Software

Affiliation Faculty of Crop Protection Sciences, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan

Wadood Shah

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biological Sciences Research Division, Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar, Pakistan

Baber Ali

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Aazam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Khalid M. Al Syaad

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biology, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia

Sezai Ercisli

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Türkiye, HGF Agro, Ata Teknokent, Erzurum, Türkiye

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.