About the Authors

Céline Termote

celine.termote@ugent.be

Affiliation Laboratory of Tropical and Subtropical Agronomy and Ethnobotany, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

Marcel Bwama Meyi

Affiliation Laboratory of Development Economics and Environment, Institut Facultaire des Sciences Agronomiques - Yangambi, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

Benoît Dhed'a Djailo

Affiliation Laboratory of Genetics, Plant Improvement and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

Lieven Huybregts

Affiliation Department of Food Safety and Food Quality, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

Carl Lachat

Affiliations Department of Food Safety and Food Quality, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium, Nutrition and Child Health Unit, Institute for Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium

Patrick Kolsteren

Affiliations Department of Food Safety and Food Quality, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium, Nutrition and Child Health Unit, Institute for Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium

Patrick Van Damme

Affiliation Laboratory of Tropical and Subtropical Agronomy and Ethnobotany, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CT MBM BDD. Performed the experiments: CT MBM BDD. Analyzed the data: CT LH CL PK PVD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LH CL. Wrote the paper: CT MBM BDD LH CL PK PVD.