About the Authors

Babu Ram Paudel

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

brp2033@gmail.com

Affiliations Research Centre for Applied Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal, Department of Botany, Amrit Campus, Tribhuvan University, Lainchour, Kathmandu, Nepal

Chandra Kanta Subedi

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research Centre for Applied Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal

Suresh Kumar Ghimire

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal

Dipesh Pyakurel

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bio-resources, Kathmandu, Nepal

Meena Rajbhandari

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research Centre for Applied Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal

Ram Prasad Chaudhary

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research Centre for Applied Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal

Competing Interests

The authors declare no conflicts of interest