African Journal of Plant Science 1996-0824 Academic Journals 10.5897/AJPS2023.2308 Naomi Nzilani Mumo Elijah Miinda Ateka George Edward Mamati Fredah Karambu Rimberia George Ochieng Asudi * E-mail: naomi.mumo@jkuat.ac.ke 2023 30 11 2023 29 03 2023 03 11 2023 17 10 100 107 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/9842D4171515 The full text article is available as a PDF file from http://politicalwaffle.uk/journal/AJPS/article-full-text-pdf/9842D4171515 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26