1 Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China.
2 Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, Xinjiang, China. zeeshanagronomist@yahoo.com.
3 Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Cele National Station of Observation and Research for Desert‑Grassland Ecosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xinjiang, 848300, China. zeeshanagronomist@yahoo.com.
4 Department of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO, 80217, USA.
5 Center for Plant Science and Biodiversity, University of Swat, Charbagh, Pakistan.
6 Department of Botany, Government College University, Katcheri Road, Lahore, 54000, Punjab, Pakistan.
7 School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
8 Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
9 School of Energy Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, China.
10 Faculty of Economics and Management, Southwest Forestry, Kunming, 650224, Yunnan, China.
11 Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, Xinjiang, China.
12 Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Cele National Station of Observation and Research for Desert‑Grassland Ecosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xinjiang, 848300, China.
13 Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. m.arslan@uni-bonn.de.
14 Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
15 Department of Seed Science and Technology, Institute of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology (IPBB), MNS-University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan.
16 Department of Environmental Sciences, Shaheed Benazir BhuttoUniversity SheringalDir(U), KPK, Upper Dir, Sheringal, Pakistan. allah.ditta@sbbu.edu.pk.
17 School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia. allah.ditta@sbbu.edu.pk.