EPPO Global Database

Ralstonia solanacearum(RALSSL)

Distribution details in Poland

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2017: Present, few occurrences
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, at low prevalence, under eradication (2022-06)
Comments
Under official control.

EPPO Reporting Service (1996/02) : reports before 1945 are probably based on misidentifications. Not recorded in Poland since 1945.

During the period 2006-2010, the following numbers of samples were tested: potatoes - 88 954, water - 19 589, other host plants - 44. All tested samples gave negative results (NPPO, 2011-06).

EPPO Reporting Service (2011/242) : detected in 2011 in a water sample.

Survey of the 2012 potato harvest did not detect the bacterium. More than 2000 samples of water were tested in 2012, all gave negative results.

EPPO Reporting Service (2015/001) : detected in 1 ware potato lot, under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2017/019) : detected in 2016 in 1 lot of ware potatoes in Central Western Poland. Under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2022/155) : detected in surface water in June 2022. Under eradication.
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. 36 pp.
------- In annual surveys from 2003-2016, R. solanacearum [phylotype IIB-1] was detected in 7 lots of ware potato (3 lots in 2014, 2 in 2015 and 2 in 2016 ) but was not detected in seed potato during this period. Official eradication measures were taken.

* Grousset F, Roy AS, Smith IM (1998) Situation of Ralstonia solanacearum in the EPPO region in 1997. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 28 (1-2), 53-63.

* NPPO of Poland (1995, 2011-06, 2011-11, 2013-05, 2014-11, 2016-12, 2022-06).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Czech Republic Transient view...
Germany Present, few occurrences view...
Lithuania Absent, confirmed by survey view...
Russia Central Russia Present, no details view...
Russia Present, few occurrences view...
Slovakia Present, few occurrences view...
Ukraine Transient view...