EPPO Global Database

Ralstonia solanacearum(RALSSL)

Distribution details in Malaysia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2016: Present, no details
Comments
According to Zulperi & Sijam (2014): detected during a study (March 2011 to June 2012) on banana plants (Musa x paradisiaca cv. 'Horn') showing symptoms of Moko disease and collected from 12 different locations within 5 outbreak sites (Kedah, Selangor, Pahang, Negeri Sembilan, and Johor) in Peninsular Malaysia. In severely affected plantations, disease incidence exeeded 90%. The authors considered that this is the first record of Moko disease in Malaysia (which then questioned the validity of the previous records from CPPC or Williams).
References
* Abdullah HB (1988) Biology and survival of Pseudomonas solanacearum in Malaysia. Ph.D. Thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), pp: 210
------- Description of R. Solanacearum sensu lato (biovars 3 and 4) in Malaysia on more than 40 host spp. Biovar 2 race 3 (= R. solanacearum [phylotype IIB-1]) also reported.

* From CPPC (dated 1990)
------- Present, no details.

* Williams TH, Liu PSW (1976) A host list of plant diseases in Sabah, Malaysia. Phytopathological Papers No. 19. CAB International, Wallingford, UK.
------- race 2 in Sabah.

* Zulperi D, Sijam K (2014) First report of Ralstonia solanacearum race 2 biovar 1 causing Moko disease of banana in Malaysia. Plant Disease 98(2), p 275.
------- First report in Peninsular Malaysia (=West Malaysia)

* Zulperi D, Sijam K, Ahmad ZAM, Awang Y, Ismail SI, Asib N, Hata EM (2016) Genetic diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum phylotype II sequevar 4 strains associated with Moko disease of banana (Musa spp.) in Peninsular Malaysia. European Journal of Plant Pathology 144(2), 257-270.
------- R. solanacearum [phylotype IIB-4] confirmed in banana with Moko disease at 12 different locations of five outbreak states in Peninsular Malaysia comprising Kedah, Selangor, Pahang, Negeri Sembilan and Johor, with disease incidence exceeding 80 % in some severely affected plantations.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Indonesia Absent, unreliable record view...
Thailand Present, no details view...