About the Authors

Komivi S. Akutse

Affiliations Plant Health Division, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya, Unit of Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Komi K. M. Fiaboe

Affiliation Plant Health Division, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya

Johnnie Van den Berg

Affiliation Unit of Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Sunday Ekesi

Affiliation Plant Health Division, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya

Nguya K. Maniania

nmaniania@icipe.org

Affiliation Plant Health Division, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KSA NKM KKMF JVDB SE. Performed the experiments: KSA. Analyzed the data: KSA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KKMF NKM SE KSA JVDB. Wrote the paper: KSA JVDB NKM KKMF SE.