EPPO Global Database

Ralstonia solanacearum(RALSSL)

Distribution details in Slovakia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2017: Present, few occurrences
First recorded in: 2003
Comments
On potato, under official control.

EPPO Reporting Service (1997/111) : R. solanacearum has never occurred in Slovakia. All testing results in 1996 were negative.

EPPO Reporting Service (1999/138) : negative results again in 1998.

The disease has been detected in consignments imported into Slovakia.

EPPO Reporting Service (2002/073) : still negative results.

EPPO Reporting Service (2004/004) : first found, at six localities, in 2003, 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 36pp.
------- In annual surveys from 2003-2016, R. solanacearum [phylotype IIB-1] was detected in 46 lots of ware potato (9 lots in 2003, 4 in 2004, 8 in 2005, 4 in 2006, 9 in 2007, 4 in 2008, 5 in 2009 and 3 in 2010) but was not detected in seed potato during this period. Official eradication measures were taken.

* NPPO of Slovakia (1997, 1999-07, 2002-06, 2004-01).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Austria Absent, pest eradicated view...
Czech Republic Transient view...
Hungary Present, few occurrences view...
Poland Present, few occurrences view...
Ukraine Transient view...