EPPO Global Database

Ralstonia solanacearum(RALSSL)

Distribution details in Madagascar

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Present, widespread
References
* Ravelomanantsoa S, Vernière C, Rieux A, Costet L, Chiroleu F, Arribat S, Cellier G, Pruvost O, Poussier S, Robène I, Guérin F, Prior P (2018) Molecular epidemiology of bacterial wilt in the Madagascar highlands caused by Andean (Phylotype IIB-1) and African (Phylotype III) brown rot strains of the Ralstonia solanacearum Species Complex. Frontiers in Plant Science 8, 2258 DOI=10.3389/fpls.2017.02258
------- R. solanacearum [phylotype II] and R. pseudosolanacearum [phylotypes I and III] widespread and co-occur throughout the potato growing basins in the Malagasy Central Highlands. Phylotypes [PI-18] and [PI-33], [PIIB-1], [PIII-19], [PIII-58], [PIII-59] and [PIII-60] isolated from potato in Madagascar. [Phylotypes IIB-1 and III] found in the highlands, whereas [phylotypes I and III] found in the plains. Other hosts from which R. solanacearum [phylotype IIB-1] was isolated include tomato, Bidens pilosa and Phaseolus vulgaris. This is the first report of the [PIIB-1] strain in Madagascar, responsible for several epidemics in potato in 2009.

* Yahiaoui N, Chéron J-J, Ravelomanantsoa S, Hamza AA., Petrousse B, Jeetah R, Jaufeerally-Fakim Y, Félicité J, Fillâtre J, Hostachy B, Guérin F, Cellier G, Prior P, Poussier S (2017) Genetic diversity of the Ralstonia solanacearum Species Complex in the Southwest Indian Ocean Islands. Frontiers in Plant Science 8, 2139 DOI=10.3389/fpls.2017.02139
------- R. solanacearum [PIIB-1] identified from potato.