EPPO Global Database

Ralstonia solanacearum(RALSSL)

Distribution details in Ireland

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2017: Absent, pest eradicated
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent, pest eradicated (2008-09).
Comments
Under official control.

EPPO Reporting Service (1997/111) : R. solanacearum has never been found. All surveys have given negative surveys.

EPPO Reporting Service (1999/117) : not found in 1998 survey.

EPPO Reporting Service (2008/162) : detected in a water samples in September 2007 and in a limited number of potatoes. Phytosanitary measures were taken and the NPPO considered that the disease was eradicated.
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 1995-2016, R. solanacearum [phylotype IIB-1] was detected in 2 lots of ware potato and one lot of seed potato in 2007. Official eradication measures were taken.

* NPPO of Ireland (1997, 1999-06, 2008-09).