1. a Department of Environmental BiotechnologyBurg El Arab , Genetic Engineering Institute Mubarak City for Scientific Research , Alexandria, Egypt
2. b Department of Natural Resource Sciences , University of Maryland , College Park, 20742, USA
3. f Department of Environmental BiotechnologyBurg El Arab , Genetic Engineering Institute Mubarak City for Scientific Research , Alexandria, Egypt Phone: Fax: E-mail:
4. c USDA‐ARS Beltsville , MD, 20705, USA
5. d Botany Department, Faculty of Science , University of Alexandria , Egypt
6. e Agricultural Microbiology Department , National Research Center , DokkiCairo, Egypt