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Reddy, Morthala Shankara Sai https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7616-5210
Naik, Yogesh Dashrath https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-9364
Pal, Arindam https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1572-1037
Kale, Anil Namdev https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5598-8544
Singh, Satish Kumar https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4842-6268
Nandni, Sudha https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7219-7741
Premalatha, K. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3688-5459
Jayakodi, Murukarthick https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2951-0541
Mendu, Venugopal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4985-2672
Pandey, Manish K. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4101-6530
Punnuri, Somashekhar https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4542-4160
Varshney, Rajeev K. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4562-9131
Thudi, Mahendar https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2851-6837
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Southern Queensland
Article History
Received: 10 November 2025
Revised: 16 January 2026
Accepted: 19 March 2026
First Online: 31 March 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests. Author Rajeev K. Varshney is a member of the editorial board of the journal; however, this role had no influence on the handling of this manuscript. The selection of the Handling Editor and peer reviewers was conducted independently by the journal. The authors had no involvement in editorial decisions and were not aware of the identities of the reviewers at any stage of the peer-review process.