EPPO Global Database

Ralstonia solanacearum(RALSSL)

Distribution details in Slovenia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2017: Absent, pest eradicated
First recorded in: 2000
Eradication in: 2017
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1997/111) : R. solanacearum has never occurred in Slovenia. Intense testing since first reports in western results has given consistently negative results.

EPPO Reporting Service (2001/082) : systematic surveys since 1996. Only detected in 4 consignments of imported ware potatoes over period 1996/1999. In December 2000, one sample of domestic ware potatoes found infected. Derived from imported seed potatoes, and all growers having used the same batch were investigated. No further cases were found. Measures prescribed by the EU Control Directive applied.

From NPPO (2017): R. solanacearum has been eradicated.
References
* Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (European Commission) (2017) Potato ring rot and brown rot surveys in the EU: Annual report 2016/2017. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union
------- In annual surveys from 2003-2016, R. solanacearum [phylotype IIB-1] was detected in 3 lots of ware potato (1 lot in 2010 and 2 in 2011) but was not detected in seed potato during this period. Official eradication measures were taken and in 2017 the NPPO declared the bacterium to have been eradicated.

* NPPO of Slovenia (1997, 2001-05, 2017-07).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Austria Absent, pest eradicated view...
Croatia Absent, confirmed by survey view...
Hungary Present, few occurrences view...
Italy Present, few occurrences view...
Italy Sardegna Absent, pest eradicated view...