**Author details**

 Henry Joseph Oduor Ogola1,2, Hiroyuki Ashida3 , Takahiro Ishikawa4 and Yoshihiro Sawa4\*

\*Address all correspondence to: ysawa@life.shimane-u.ac.jp

1 School of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, Bondo, Kenya

2 Centre of Research Innovation and Technology (CRIT), Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, Bondo, Kenya

3 Department of Molecular and Functional Genomics, Center for Integrated Research in Science, Shimane University, Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane, Japan

4 Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shimane University, Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane, Japan
