We are what we eat: Implications of host plant suitability on sustainable production of silkworm pupae as novel ingredient with dietary and health benefits

• Marie N. Sangha,

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

  Affiliations International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Animal Sciences, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Didier K. Barwani,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Université de Kalemie, Kalemie, DR. Congo

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1014-349X

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• Cheseto Xavier,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Linah Muhonja,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Sericulture Research Centre, Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization, Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0075-9207

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• Kelvin Moseti,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Sericulture Research Centre, Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization, Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0032-1966

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• Paul N. Karanja,

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

  Affiliation Department of Food Science and Technology, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Peter Kiiru,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1319-8928

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• Isaac M. Osuga,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Chrysantus M. Tanga

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ctanga@icipe.org

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5788-7920

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