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EPPO Reporting Service no. 04 - 2000 Num. article: 2000/056

Elimination of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus and Ralstonia solanacearum from contaminated waters


Laboratory experiments done in Germany showed that peracids (commercial names Clarmarin and Degaclean) with the addition of a catalase inhibitor (KH10) can be used to eliminate rapidly Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus and Ralstonia solanacearum (both EPPO A2 quarantine pests) from contaminated waters. Trials were done on aqueous suspensions of both bacteria and also on waste waters from a starch company to which R. solanacearum had been added.

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Niepold, F. (1999) [Efficiency surveys of the peracides Degaclean and Clarmarin in combination with the catalase inhibitor KH10 from the Degussa company for eradicating the two quarantine bacteria Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. sepedonicus and Ralstonia solanacearum in an aqueous suspension and in the sewage water of the starch industry.]
Journal of Phytopathology, 147(11-12), 625-634.