About the Authors

Phostine M. Kirasi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

pkirasi@kephis.org (PMK); eateka@agr.jkuat.ac.ke (EMA)

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Pan African University Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation (PAUSTI), Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Phytosanitary and Biosecurity, Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service, Nairobi, Kenya

Elijah M. Ateka

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

pkirasi@kephis.org (PMK); eateka@agr.jkuat.ac.ke (EMA)

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Pan African University Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation (PAUSTI), Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Horticulture and Food Security, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

Edith K. Avedi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Pan African University Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation (PAUSTI), Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Phytosanitary and Biosecurity, Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service, Nairobi, Kenya

Hillary K. Yegon

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Department of Phytosanitary and Biosecurity, Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service, Nairobi, Kenya

Bramwel W. Wanjala

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biotechnology Research Institute, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Nairobi, Kenya

Hanu R. Pappu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.