EPPO Global Database

Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum(RALSPS)

Distribution details in Australia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2013: Absent, pest no longer present
References
* Castillo JA, Greenberg JT (2007) Evolutionary dynamics of Ralstonia solanacearum. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73, 1225-38. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01253-06.
------- Reference strain (UW152) isolated from potato in Atherton, Australia in 1966 is R. pseudosolanaceaerum [phylotye I].

* Waki T, Horita M, Kurose D, Mulya K and Tsuchiya K (2013) Genetic diversity of Zingiberaceae plant isolates of Ralstonia solanacearum in the Asia-Pacific Region. Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly 47(3), 283-294.
------- Reference isolates ACH0092 and ACH0007 (=UW141=R277) collected from ginger in the 1960s identified as R. pseudosolanacearum [phylotype I sequevars PI-16 and PI-17] respectively.