About the Authors

Gurpreet Kaur

Affiliation Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160 014, India

Harminder Pal Singh

hpsingh_01@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160 014, India

Daizy R. Batish

Affiliation Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160 014, India

Priyanka Mahajan

Affiliation Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160 014, India

Ravinder Kumar Kohli

Current address: Central University of Punjab, City Campus, Mansa Road, Bathinda-151 001, Punjab, India

Affiliation Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160 014, India

Valbha Rishi

Affiliation Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology, Chandigarh-160019, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HPS DRB RKK. Performed the experiments: GK PM VR. Analyzed the data: GK HPS DRB PM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HPS RKK. Wrote the paper: GK HPS DRB RKK.