International Journal of Horticulture, 2025, Vol.15, No.6, 267-278 http://hortherbpublisher.com/index.php/ijh 277 review and editing. SN conceived and designed the study, contributed to conceptualization, methodology, software development, visualization, investigation, formal analysis, and data curation, and participated in drafting and reviewing the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Conflict of Interest Disclosure The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. 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