Ralstonia solanacearum species complex(RALSSO)
Distribution details in Australia
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2018: Present, restricted distribution
From NPPO: Present, restricted distribution
From country itself (1992): present in Western Australia. Under active control in South Australia. Race 3 and biovars 2, 3 and 4 present in Queensland. Biovars 3 and 4 present in Northern Territory. Race 2 eradicated and Race 4 presumed eradicated from Queensland.
EPPO Reporting Service (2019/019) : the bacterium no longer occurs in Western Australia (no detections since 1987).
Plant Health Australia Ltd (2021): Ralstonia solanacearum on potato present in New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria.
EPPO Reporting Service (2019/019) : the bacterium no longer occurs in Western Australia (no detections since 1987).
Plant Health Australia Ltd (2021): Ralstonia solanacearum on potato present in New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria.
* Castillo JA, Greenberg JT (2007) Evolutionary dynamics of Ralstonia solanacearum. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73, 1225-38.
------- Reference strain (UW152) isolated from potato in Atherton, Australia in 1966 is R. pseudosolanaceaerum [phylotye I].
* Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development of Western Australia. Biosecurity (2018-11).
-------- Absence confirmed.
* Diatloff A, Akiew E, Wood BA, Hyde KD.(1992) Characteristics of isolates of Pseudomonas solanacearum from Heliconia. Australasian Plant Pathology 21, 163-168.
* Faggian R and Marshall J (2004) Enhanced detection of bacterial wilt and potato cyst nematode to improve market access for the Australian and New Zealand potato industries. Horticultural Australia Ltd., Sydney. ISBN0 7341 0949 0. 71 pp. https://ausveg.com.au/app/data/technical-insights/docs/PT01031.pdf
------- Bacterial wilt of potato was first detected in the Koo-Wee-Rup swamp area of Victoria in the early 1900's and has occurred sporadically ever since. R. solanacearum has been detected in watercourses used to irrigate potato crops.
* Grieve BJ (1936) On Bacterium solanacearum as the causal agent of the brown rot disease of potatoes in Victoria. Proceedings Royal Society of Victoria, N.S. (part II), 48, 79-85.
* Hyde KD, McCulloch B, Akiew E, Peterson RA, Diatloff A (1992) Strategies used to eradicate bacterial wilt of Heliconia (race 2) in Cairns, Australia, following introduction of the disease from Hawaii. Australasian Plant Pathology 21, 29-31.
* Nouri S, Bahar M and Fegan M (2009) Diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum causing potato bacterial wilt in Iran and the first record of phylotype II/biovar 2T strains outside South America. Plant Pathology, 58: 243-249.
------- Reference strain ACH0158 (=CIP335=R309) isolated from potato in Queensland in 1966 identified as R. solanacearum [phylotype IIB-1].
* NPPO of Australia (1992).
* Plant Health Australia Ltd (2021) Biosecurity plan for the potato industry (version 3.2, 2021). Plant health Australia, Canberra, ACT. 166 pp
------- Ralstonia solanacearum on potato present in New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria.
* Wicker E, Lefeuvre P, de Cambiaire JC, Lemaire C, Poussier S, Prior P (2012) Contrasting recombination patterns and demographic histories of the plant pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum inferred from MLSA. The ISME Journal 6, 961–974.
------- The aberrant biovar 2 strain (ACH0732) isolated from tomato in the Northern Territory of Australia in 1979 was identified as R. syzygii subsp. indonesiensis [phylotype IV sequevar 11]. Reference strain ACH0092 isolated from ginger in Nambour, Queensland in 1966 identified as R. pseudosolanacearum [phylotype I sequevar 16].
------- Reference strain (UW152) isolated from potato in Atherton, Australia in 1966 is R. pseudosolanaceaerum [phylotye I].
* Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development of Western Australia. Biosecurity (2018-11).
-------- Absence confirmed.
* Diatloff A, Akiew E, Wood BA, Hyde KD.(1992) Characteristics of isolates of Pseudomonas solanacearum from Heliconia. Australasian Plant Pathology 21, 163-168.
* Faggian R and Marshall J (2004) Enhanced detection of bacterial wilt and potato cyst nematode to improve market access for the Australian and New Zealand potato industries. Horticultural Australia Ltd., Sydney. ISBN0 7341 0949 0. 71 pp. https://ausveg.com.au/app/data/technical-insights/docs/PT01031.pdf
------- Bacterial wilt of potato was first detected in the Koo-Wee-Rup swamp area of Victoria in the early 1900's and has occurred sporadically ever since. R. solanacearum has been detected in watercourses used to irrigate potato crops.
* Grieve BJ (1936) On Bacterium solanacearum as the causal agent of the brown rot disease of potatoes in Victoria. Proceedings Royal Society of Victoria, N.S. (part II), 48, 79-85.
* Hyde KD, McCulloch B, Akiew E, Peterson RA, Diatloff A (1992) Strategies used to eradicate bacterial wilt of Heliconia (race 2) in Cairns, Australia, following introduction of the disease from Hawaii. Australasian Plant Pathology 21, 29-31.
* Nouri S, Bahar M and Fegan M (2009) Diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum causing potato bacterial wilt in Iran and the first record of phylotype II/biovar 2T strains outside South America. Plant Pathology, 58: 243-249.
------- Reference strain ACH0158 (=CIP335=R309) isolated from potato in Queensland in 1966 identified as R. solanacearum [phylotype IIB-1].
* NPPO of Australia (1992).
* Plant Health Australia Ltd (2021) Biosecurity plan for the potato industry (version 3.2, 2021). Plant health Australia, Canberra, ACT. 166 pp
------- Ralstonia solanacearum on potato present in New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria.
* Wicker E, Lefeuvre P, de Cambiaire JC, Lemaire C, Poussier S, Prior P (2012) Contrasting recombination patterns and demographic histories of the plant pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum inferred from MLSA. The ISME Journal 6, 961–974.
------- The aberrant biovar 2 strain (ACH0732) isolated from tomato in the Northern Territory of Australia in 1979 was identified as R. syzygii subsp. indonesiensis [phylotype IV sequevar 11]. Reference strain ACH0092 isolated from ginger in Nambour, Queensland in 1966 identified as R. pseudosolanacearum [phylotype I sequevar 16].