ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The first author is thankful to Director ICAR-CIRG for providing laboratory facilities to conduct the doctoral thesis work at CIRG. The author is extremely grateful and acknowledges the Department of Biotechnology, GLA University, Mathura, for allowing working in the doctoral program. The author is also thankful to the DBT-Twinning project for providing the necessary funding to work on this topic.
Data availability statement: The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.