About the Authors

Shadrack Kibet

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Physical Sciences, University of Embu, Embu, Kenya

Cynthia M. Mudalungu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

cmudalungu@icipe.org

Affiliations International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya, School of Chemistry and Material Science, The Technical University of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

Brian O. Ochieng

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

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

Hosea O. Mokaya

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

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

Njogu M. Kimani

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Physical Sciences, University of Embu, Embu, Kenya

Chrysantus M. Tanga

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.