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...
Russian Federation (the) Central Russia Present, no details view...
Russian Federation (the) Present, few occurrences view...