EPPO Global Database

Ralstonia solanacearum(RALSSL)

Distribution details in Czech Republic

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Transient
First recorded in: 2010
Pest status declared by NPPO: Transient, under eradication, for watercourses present, under eradication, it is only race 3 (2018-05)
Comments
Under official control.

EPPO Reporting Service (1994/152) : absence confirmed by detection survey. Further confirmed for 1995 by EPPO Reporting Service (1996/02) and EPPO Reporting Service (2001/139) .

EPPO Reporting Service (2010/212) : detected for the first time in September 2010 in one sample of surface water taken from the Labe River.

EPPO Reporting Service (2012/218) : detected during the annual official survey in 1 commercial field of ware potatoes located at Sadská (district of Nymburk, Central Bohemian region).
References
* 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, potato brown rot was detected in 8 lots of ware potatoes (1 in 2012 and 7 in 2015). Official eradication measures were taken. R. solanacearum was also detected in 3 of 214 samples of surface water in 2015.

* NPPO of Czech Republic (1994-07, 1995, 2001-09, 2010-11, 2012-08, 2018-05).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Austria Absent, pest eradicated view...
Germany Present, few occurrences view...
Poland Present, few occurrences view...
Slovakia Present, few occurrences view...