About the Authors

Davis Gimode

Affiliation Kenyatta University, P.O. Box 43844–00100, Nairobi, Kenya

Damaris A. Odeny

d.odeny@cgiar.org

Affiliation ICRISAT-Nairobi, P.O. Box 39063–00623, Nairobi, Kenya

Etienne P. de Villiers

Affiliation Center for Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, United Kingdom

Solomon Wanyonyi

Affiliation University of Eldoret, P.O. Box 1125–30100, Eldoret, Kenya

Mathews M. Dida

Affiliation Maseno University, Private Bag, Maseno, Kenya

Emmarold E. Mneney

Affiliation Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute, P.O. Box 6226, Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania

Alice Muchugi

Affiliations Kenyatta University, P.O. Box 43844–00100, Nairobi, Kenya, ICRAF-Nairobi, P.O Box 30677, Nairobi, Kenya

Jesse Machuka

Affiliation Kenyatta University, P.O. Box 43844–00100, Nairobi, Kenya

Santie M. de Villiers

Affiliation Pwani University, PO Box 195–80108, Kilifi, Kenya

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMdV JM. Performed the experiments: DG DAO SW MMD EEM AM. Analyzed the data: EPdV DAO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SW EEM MMD. Wrote the paper: DG DAO SMdV.