1 Amity Institute of Organic Agriculture (AIOA), Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India. Electronic address: dktripathiau@gmail.com.
2 Plant Physiology Laboratory, Department of Botany, C.M.P. Degree College, A Constituent PG College of University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, India. Electronic address: vijaypratap.au@gmail.com.
3 D D Pant Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, 211002, India.
4 National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, Punjab, 140306, India.
5 University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USP), Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: s.sahi@usciences.edu.