EPPO Global Database

Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 (no longer in use)(PSDMS3)

Distribution details in Cyprus

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1995: Absent, pest no longer present
First recorded in: 1955
From CABI Disease map 785 (1999): Absent, pest no longer present
From NPPO: Absent, pest no longer present
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (96/002): single report in potatoes in 1955-10 in an area not traditionally growing potatoes (eradicated). Not further reported.

EPPO Reporting Service (96/090). Situation in northern part of the island not known by authorities in southern part.

EPPO Reporting Service (97/007): reports in Turkish Cypriot newspapers suggest that symptoms reminiscent of brown rot have been seen in the northern part of the island.

EPPO Reporting Service (99/024): a 1998 survey failed to find any brown rot in northern Cyprus.
References
* Louca, A. (1981) Annual report for 1980, Cyprus Department of Agriculture, 141 pp. Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Nicosia, Cyprus.
------- Glasshouse only on tomatoes.

* NPPO of Cyprus (1995, 1996-04, 1996-09).

* Report on a survey of potatoes grown in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus for the presence of the brown rot pathogen (Ralstonia solanacearum) written by M.C.M. Pérombelon, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee, UK, 1998.