About the Authors

Mukesh Kumar

Affiliation Division of Nematology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India

Nagavara Prasad Gantasala

Affiliation Division of Nematology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India

Tanmoy Roychowdhury

Affiliation School of Computational & Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Prasoon Kumar Thakur

Affiliation Division of Nematology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India

Prakash Banakar

Affiliation Division of Nematology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India

Rohit N. Shukla

Affiliation Bionivid Technology [P] Ltd, Bangalore, India

Michael G. K. Jones

Affiliation School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia

Uma Rao

umarao@iari.res.in

Affiliation Division of Nematology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

R. Shukla is an employee of Bionivid Technology [P] Ltd. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UR. Performed the experiments: MK NPG TR PK PB RNS. Analyzed the data: MK NPG TR PK RNS. Wrote the paper: UR MGKJ MK PK NPG.