About the Authors

Ganesh C. Nikalje

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India, Nuclear Agriculture and Biotechnology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai, India, Department of Botany, R.K. Talreja College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Ulhasnagar, Thane, India

P. S. Variyar

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Food Technology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai, India

M. V. Joshi

Roles Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation National Facility for High-field NMR, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India

T. D. Nikam

Roles Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India

P. Suprasanna

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

prasanna@barc.gov.in; penna888@yahoo.com

Affiliation Nuclear Agriculture and Biotechnology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.