About the Authors

Aliou Ba

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

baaliou52@gmail.com

Affiliations Makerere University Regional Centre for Crop Improvement (MaRCCI), College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Department of Crop Science and Horticulture, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA), Dakar, Sénégal

Thomas L. Odong

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Soil Science and Land Use Management, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Richard Edema

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Makerere University Regional Centre for Crop Improvement (MaRCCI), College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Department of Crop Science and Horticulture, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Arfang Badji

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Makerere University Regional Centre for Crop Improvement (MaRCCI), College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Department of Crop Science and Horticulture, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Oumar Diack

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA), Dakar, Sénégal

Tony Obua

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Crop Science and Horticulture, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Mildred Ochwo-Semakula

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Crop Science and Horticulture, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Paul Gibson

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Crop Science and Horticulture, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Ndjido. A. Kane

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA), Dakar, Sénégal

Phinehas Tukamuhabwa

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Crop Science and Horticulture, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.