Nagaraju, Bhavya https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7954-2985
Kadappa, Basavaraja Pujari
Rangaiah, Krishna Murthy https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9922-7683
Kasturappa, Govinda
Hussain Sab, Mohamed Saqeebulla
Veerabadraiah, Gangamrutha Godekere
Dey, Pradip
Funding for this research was provided by:
KSTePs-DST
Article History
Received: 12 February 2026
Accepted: 6 April 2026
First Online: 13 April 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.