EPPO Global Database

Ralstonia solanacearum(RALSSL)

Distribution details in Hungary

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Present, few occurrences
Pest status declared by NPPO: In potato production: Present, under eradication; In natural environment (surface water): present (2020-11)
Comments
Under official control.
NPPO (2021): regularly found in ware and seed potatoes, official measures are applied in each outbreak.

EPPO Reporting Service (1996/02) : crop surveys, and tests of imported seed potatoes, found no disease in 1994 or 1995.

EPPO Reporting Service (2000/130) : detected in 2000-06 in ware potato fields at three localities in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok and Hajdú-Bihar counties. Emergency actions immediately undertaken to prevent spread. Status is "Present: only at three very limited localities, under eradication".
EPPO Reporting Service (2001/083) updates this to: one find on seed and ware potatoes (in Hajdu-Bihar county); five finds on ware potatoes only (in Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok, Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg and Hajdu-Bihar counties).

EPPO Reporting Service (2002/159) : in 2001, 38 ha of seed potatoes and 74 ha of ware found infested at 3 localities (Alsónémedi, Nyársapát, Bugyi). Official control.
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

* NPPO of Hungary (many reports, last one in 2020-11)
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Austria Absent, pest eradicated view...
Croatia Absent, confirmed by survey view...
Romania Present, few occurrences view...
Serbia Present, restricted distribution view...
Slovakia Present, few occurrences view...
Slovenia Absent, pest eradicated view...
Ukraine Transient view...