About the Authors

Maruti Nandan Rai

Affiliation Laboratory of Fungal Pathogenesis, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Sriram Balusu

Affiliation Laboratory of Fungal Pathogenesis, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Neelima Gorityala

Affiliation Laboratory of Fungal Pathogenesis, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Lakshmi Dandu

Affiliation Laboratory of Fungal Pathogenesis, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Rupinder Kaur

rkaur@cdfd.org.in

Affiliation Laboratory of Fungal Pathogenesis, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MNR SB NG RK. Performed the experiments: MNR SB NG LD RK. Analyzed the data: MNR SB NG RK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MNR SB NG LD RK. Wrote the paper: MNR SB RK.