About the Authors

Sherry R. Jacob

Affiliation Division of Germplasm Conservation, ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, India, 110012

Vandana Tyagi

Affiliation Germplasm Exchange Unit, ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, India, 110012

Anuradha Agrawal

Affiliation Tissue Culture and Cryopreservation Unit, ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, India, 110012

Shyamal K. Chakrabarty

Affiliation ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Regional Station, Hyderabad, 500030, India

Rishi K. Tyagi

rktyagi@nbpgr.ernet.in

Affiliation Division of Germplasm Conservation, ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, India, 110012

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RKT SRJ AA. Performed the experiments: SRJ VT. Analyzed the data: RKT SRJ AA SKC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SRJ RKT VT AA. Wrote the paper: RKT SRJ AA.