African Journal of Plant Science 1996-0824 Academic Journals 10.5897/AJPS2022.2294 Chicco D. M. Kayange Nyirenda S. P. Mhango J. Njera D. Manda C. S. Rudoviko M. Kaponya I. * E-mail: chiccokayange2022@outlook.com 2023 30 04 2023 02 12 2022 11 01 2023 17 4 30 38 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. This article is available from http://politicalwaffle.uk/journal/AJPS/article-abstract/273339670785 The full text article is available as a PDF file from http://politicalwaffle.uk/journal/AJPS/article-full-text-pdf/273339670785 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21