EPPO Global Database

Ralstonia solanacearum(RALSSL)

Distribution details in El Salvador

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2017: Present, no details
Comments
on banana.
References
* Buddenhagen IW and Elsasser TA (1962) An insect-spread bacterial wilt epiphytic of Bluggoe banana. Nature 194, 164–165. doi: 10.1038/194164a0
------ R. solanacearum [phylotype II] SFR strain transmitted by insects was first reported in El Salvador.

* Álvarez E, Pantoja A, Gañán L, Ceballos G (2015) Current status of Moko disease and black sigatoka in Latin America and the Caribbean, and options for managing them CIAT publication No. 404
------- Moko disease (caused by R. solanacearum [phylotype II]) is officially recorded in El Salvador.

* Blomme G, Dita M, Jacobsen KS, Pérez VL, Molina A, Ocimati W, Poussier S & Prior P (2017) Bacterial Diseases of Bananas and Enset: Current State of Knowledge and Integrated Approaches Toward Sustainable Management. Frontiers in Plant Science 8, 1290 doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01290
------- Moko disease caused by R. solanacearum phylotype II is present.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Guatemala Present, no details view...
Honduras Present, no details view...