1 Agronomic Research Institute, Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
2 Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
3 Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, Centre for Plant Science, The University of Queensland Wilsonton Heights, Toowoomba, QLD, 4350, Australia.
4 Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University Allama Iqbal Road, 38000, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
5 Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University Allama Iqbal Road, 38000, Faisalabad, Pakistan. shafaqataligill@yahoo.com.
6 Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan.
7 Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
8 Department of Botany, S.P. College, Maulana Azad Road, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190001, India.