About the Authors

Prameesha Perera

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

Affiliation Department of Plant and Molecular Biology, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Harshini Herath

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Plant and Molecular Biology, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Priyani A. Paranagama

Roles Data curation, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Priyanga Wijesinghe

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Renuka N. Attanayake

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

renuka@kln.ac.lk

Affiliation Department of Plant and Molecular Biology, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.