1 Nanobiotechnology laboratory, Department of Studies in Biotechnology, University of Mysore, Mysuru - 570 006, Karnataka, India.
2 Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA. Electronic address: son.tran@ttu.edu.
3 Department of Environmental Science, Central University of Kerala, Tejaswini Hills, Periye (PO), - 671 320, Kasaragod (DT), Kerala, India. Electronic address: jsudish@cukerala.ac.in.