Ralstonia solanacearum(RALSSL)
Distribution details in Cyprus
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2017: Absent, confirmed by survey
EPPO Reporting Service (1996/02) : single report in potatoes in 1955-10 in an area not traditionally growing potatoes (eradicated). Not further reported.
EPPO Reporting Service (1996/90) : Situation in northern part of the island not known by authorities in southern part.
EPPO Reporting Service (1997/07) : 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 (1999/024) : a 1998 survey failed to find any brown rot in northern Cyprus.
EPPO Reporting Service (1996/90) : Situation in northern part of the island not known by authorities in southern part.
EPPO Reporting Service (1997/07) : 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 (1999/024) : a 1998 survey failed to find any brown rot in northern Cyprus.
* Cellier G, Prior P (2010) Deciphering phenotypic diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum strains pathogenic to potato. Phytopathology 100:1250-1261.
------- Reference strains UW28 and CFBP4598 (=NCPPB 1584) isolated in the 1960s from potato originally from Cyprus were identified as R. solanacearum [phylotype IIB-3] and [phylotype IIB-1] respectively.
* 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 sensu lato was not detected in seed or ware potato.
* 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.
------- Reference strains UW28 and CFBP4598 (=NCPPB 1584) isolated in the 1960s from potato originally from Cyprus were identified as R. solanacearum [phylotype IIB-3] and [phylotype IIB-1] respectively.
* 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 sensu lato was not detected in seed or ware potato.
* 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.