EPPO Global Database

Ralstonia solanacearum(RALSSL)

Distribution details in Lithuania

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Absent, confirmed by survey
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent: the entire country is pest free (confirmed by the survey) (2023-12)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1999/115) : no cases were found in 1998 and 1999 surveys by EU methods.

EPPO Reporting Service (2015/117) : official surveys conducted in 2014 confirmed the absence of brown rot on potatoes in Lithuania.

Absence confirmed during 2019, 2020 and 2023 official surveys.
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 36pp.
-------In annual surveys from 2003-2016, R. solanacearum [phylotype IIB-1] was not detected in ware or seed potato.

* NPPO of Lithuania (1999-06, 2015-06, 2020-02, 2021-06, 2024-04).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Latvia Absent, confirmed by survey view...
Poland Present, few occurrences view...
Russia Central Russia Present, no details view...
Russia Present, few occurrences view...