“…In Kenya, the crop represents a source of income for around 2.5 million people across the value chain (Abong and Kabira, 2013), with between 500,000 to 780,000 people directly involved in potato farming activities (Janssens et al, 2013). PCNs are highly destructive pests of potato, resulting in major losses to production and incurring significant investment toward their management (Niere and Karuri, 2018). They are indigenous to South America but have since become established in various potato growing regions around the world (Brodie et al, 1993;Hodda and Cook, 2009).…”