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