About the Authors

Waheed Arshad

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Ihsan-ul- Haq

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Mohammad Tahir Waheed

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Kirankumar S. Mysore

Affiliation Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States of America

Bushra Mirza

dr.bushramirza@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Carried out the transformation, regeneration, pathogenicity assays: WA. Drafted the manuscript: WA BM. Carried out the biochemical and molecular analyses of transgenic plants: IH MTW. Critically revised the manuscript: IH MTW. Helped in molecular analysis of transgenic plants: KSM. Helped in revision of the manuscript: KSM. Conceived the study design: BM. Supervised the study: BM. Read and approved the manuscript: WA IH MTW KSM BM.