**Acknowledgements**

AK acknowledges the support of the UGC NET-JRF Fellowship by University Grant Commissions (UGC), Delhi, India. VBCS greatly acknowledges the support of the CSIR Endophyte Network Project under the FBR Scheme (MLP 0048). The authors acknowledge the support of the Director, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute Mysore (CFTRI), 570020, Karnataka, for providing the necessary facilities. (CSIR-CFTRI Manuscript Communication Number: PMC/2021-22/158).
