Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India (BT/560/NE/U-EXCEL/2016)
Article History
Received: 1 May 2023
Accepted: 25 July 2023
First Online: 3 August 2023
Declarations
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: Not applicable.
: All the experiments were carried out in laboratory and field by the researchers as part of sponsored research project work.
: All the authors approved of the publication of this manuscript in Environmental Science and Pollution Research (ESPR).
: The authors declare no competing interests.