EPPO Global Database

Ralstonia solanacearum(RALSSL)

Distribution details in Zimbabwe

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Present, no details
Comments
Isolates from Zimbabwe exist in collection but no record of the disease.
References
* N'Guessan CA, Brisse S, Le Roux-Nio A-C, Poussier S, Koné D, Wicker E (2013) Development of variable number of tandem repeats typing schemes for Ralstonia solanacearum, the agent of bacterial wilt, banana Moko disease and potato brown rot. Journal of Microbiological Methods 92, 366-374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2013.01.012
------- isolate of R. solanacearum [phylotype IIB-1] from potato.

* Ravelomanantsoa S, Vernière C, Rieux A, Costet L, Chiroleu F, Arribat S, Cellier G, Pruvost O, Poussier S, Robène I, Guérin F, Prior P (2018) Molecular epidemiology of bacterial wilt in the Madagascar highlands caused by Andean (Phylotype IIB-1) and African (Phylotype III) brown rot strains of the Ralstonia solanacearum Species Complex. Frontiers in Plant Science 8, 2258 DOI=10.3389/fpls.2017.02258
------- isolate of R. solanacearum [phylotype IIB-1] from potato.