EPPO Global Database

Ralstonia solanacearum(RALSSL)

Distribution details in Türkiye

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2009: Present, few occurrences
First recorded in: 1995
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2007/091) : Present, first reported in 1995 in Central Anatolia but then no longer detected, two outbreaks found in 2006 in Marmara region (potato) and Aegean region (tomato), under official control.
References
* NPPO of Turkey (2007-07).

* Ustun N, Ozakman M and Karahan A (2007) First report of bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum biovar 2 on tomato in Turkey. New Disease Reports 16, 12
------- First report of R. solanacearum biovar 2 (probably [phylotype IIB-1]) on field grown tomato in the Canakkale province of the Aegean Region of Turkey.

* Ustun N, Ozakman M, Karahan A (2008) Outbreak of Ralstonia solanacearum biovar 2 causing brown rot on potato in the Aegean Region of Turkey. Plant Disease 92, 973
------- R. solanacearum biovar 2 (probably [phylotype IIB-1]) also found in canal water and on wild hosts Solanum nigrum, S. alatum, Portulaca oleracea and Datura stramonium in vicinity of infected tomato crops

* Ustun N, Ozakman M, Karahan A (2009) Occurrence of Ralstonia solanacearum biovar 2 on tomato, weeds and irrigation water in Turkey. Acta Horticulturae. 808, 275-278
------- R. solanacearum biovar 2 (probably R. solanacearum [phylotype IIB-1]] reported for the first time on potato in 1995 in five fields in the Nevsehir Province of the central Anatolia Region and was eradicated.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Bulgaria Present, few occurrences view...
Georgia Present, no details view...
Greece Transient view...
Iran Present, no details view...