About the Authors

Muhammad Hammad

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

m.hammad22t@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Thal University Bhakkar, Bhakkar, Punjab, Pakistan

Afifa Kainat Rani

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Environment Protection and Climate Change Department, Punjab, Pakistan

Laraib Chouhdary

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan

Muhammad Kabir

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Thal University Bhakkar, Bhakkar, Punjab, Pakistan

Patricio R. De los Rios-Escalante

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources

Affiliation Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, Catholic University of Temuco, Temuco, Chile

Muhammad Aslam

Roles Resources

Affiliation Arid Zone Research Institute, Bhakkar, Punjab, Pakistan

Competing Interests

Thee authors have declared that no competing interests exist.