About the Authors

Juliana Jaramillo

Contributed equally to this work with: Juliana Jaramillo, Eric Muchugu

jjaramillo@icipe.org

Affiliations Institute of Plant Diseases and Plant Protection, University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany, International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya

Eric Muchugu

Contributed equally to this work with: Juliana Jaramillo, Eric Muchugu

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

Fernando E. Vega

Affiliation Sustainable Perennial Crops Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

Aaron Davis

Affiliation Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom

Christian Borgemeister

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

Adenirin Chabi-Olaye

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJ AC-O. Performed the experiments: JJ EM. Analyzed the data: AC-O EM JJ. Wrote the paper: JJ EM CB FEV AD.