EPPO Global Database

Ralstonia solanacearum(RALSSL)

Distribution details in Latvia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2017: Absent, confirmed by survey
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1996/02) : old records have never been confirmed. Not now present.

EPPO Reporting Service (1999/073) : survey in 1998 on 162 samples of seed potatoes, tested by IF and ELISA according to EU methods, found no R. solanacearum.

EPPO Reporting Service (2003/119) : not found in a 2002 survey.

EPPO Reporting Service (2004/136) : not found in a 2003 survey.

EPPO Reporting Service (2013/224) : absence confirmed by surveys which have been carried out since 1998.

EPPO Reporting Service (2015/116) : official surveys conducted in 2014 confirmed the absence of brown rot on potatoes in Latvia.
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 2003-2016, R. solanacearum [phylotype IIB-1] was not detected in ware or seed potato.

* NPPO of Latvia (1995, 1999-05, 2003-09, 2004-09, 2013-10, 2015-06).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Estonia Absent, confirmed by survey view...
Lithuania Absent, confirmed by survey view...
Russia Central Russia Present, no details view...
Russia Present, few occurrences view...