About the Authors

Sheikh Mansoor

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Biochemistry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Nazeer Ahmed

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources

Affiliation Transcriptomics Laboratory, Division of Plant Biotechnology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST-K), Shalimar, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Vikas Sharma

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision

Affiliation Division of Biochemistry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Sumira Jan

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision

Affiliation ICAR-Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture, Rangreth, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Sajad Un Nabi

Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation ICAR-Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture, Rangreth, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Javid I. Mir

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation ICAR-Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture, Rangreth, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Mudasir A. Mir

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Transcriptomics Laboratory, Division of Plant Biotechnology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST-K), Shalimar, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Khalid Z. Masoodi

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

masoodikz@skuastkashmir.ac.in

Affiliation Transcriptomics Laboratory, Division of Plant Biotechnology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST-K), Shalimar, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.