Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum(RALSPS)
Distribution details in South Africa
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2018: Present, no details
* Carstensen GD, Venter SN, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA (2017) Two Ralstonia species associated with bacterial wilt of Eucalyptus. Plant Pathology 66(3), 393â403.
* Coutinho TA, Roux J, Riedel KâH, Terblanche J and Wingfield MJ (2000) First report of bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum on eucalypts in South Africa. Forest Pathology 30(4), 205-210
------- First report of R. pseudosolanacearum on Eucalyptus in South Africa in 1997.
* Shutt VM, Shin G, van der Waals JE, Gozczynska T, Coutinho TA (2018) Characterization of Ralstonia strains infecting tomato plants in South Africa. Crop Protection 112, 56-62.
------ Bacterial wilt of tomato in South Africa is mainly caused by R. pseudosolanacearum, but R. solanacearum IIB-1 also occurs.
* Coutinho TA, Roux J, Riedel KâH, Terblanche J and Wingfield MJ (2000) First report of bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum on eucalypts in South Africa. Forest Pathology 30(4), 205-210
------- First report of R. pseudosolanacearum on Eucalyptus in South Africa in 1997.
* Shutt VM, Shin G, van der Waals JE, Gozczynska T, Coutinho TA (2018) Characterization of Ralstonia strains infecting tomato plants in South Africa. Crop Protection 112, 56-62.
------ Bacterial wilt of tomato in South Africa is mainly caused by R. pseudosolanacearum, but R. solanacearum IIB-1 also occurs.