EPPO Global Database

Ralstonia solanacearum(RALSSL)

Distribution details in Lebanon

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2017: Absent, pest no longer present
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2004/083) : not found in a survey of potato crops in the Bekaa valley.
References
* Choueiri E, El-Zammar S, Jreijiri F, Mnayer D, Massaad R, Saad AT, Hanna L, Varveri C (2004) Phytosanitary status of potato in the Bekaa valley in Lebanon. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin, 34(1), 117-212

* Choueiri E, Jreijiri F, Wakim S, El Khoury MI, Valentini F, Dubla N, Galli D, Habchy R, Akl K, Stefani E (2017) Surveys of potato-growing areas and surface water in Lebanon for potato brown and ring rot pathogens. Phytopathologia Mediterranea 56(1), 87-97.
------ Recent and extensive surveys did not detect the bacterium in potato production.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Israel Absent, pest eradicated view...