EPPO Global Database

Ralstonia solanacearum species complex(RALSSO)

Distribution details in Costa Rica

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2015: Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1999/094) : race 1 isolated from Epipremnum aureum cuttings imported in Florida (US).

R. solanacearum and R. pseudosolanacearum.
Endemic in rain forest. Moko disease on banana, brown rot on potato.
References
* Review of Plant Pathology, 78(6), p 565 (4312).

* 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 Costa Rica.

* Avilés Chaves J, Piedra Naranjo R (2017) Manuel des Cultivo de la papa en Costa Rica (Solanum tuberosum L.) San José, C.R: INTA, 2017. 92 p.
------- race 1 in low and hot areas, race 3 in high altitudes.

* 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
------- Ralstonia solanacearum (phylotype IIB-3) has been recovered from Heliconia species from virgin forest in the Coto valley, southwest Costa Rica, suggesting that Moko was originally endemic in the rainforests of the Caribbean area. Moko disease has been present in Costa Rica since the start of the 20th century, with reports of small fluidal round (SFR) colony-forming strains being insect transmitted since 1960.

* French ER, Martin C, Nydegger U (1977) Pseudomonas solanacearum affecting potatoes in the Amazon Basin. American Potato Journal 54 (10), 479-480.
------- R. solanacearum biovar 2 race 3 (presumably R. solanacearum [phylotype IIB-1]) present on potato

* Hong JC, Norman DJ, Reed DL, Momol MT and Jones JB (2012) Diversity among Ralstonia solanacearum strains isolated from the southeastern United States. Phytopathology 102:924-936.
------- R. pseudosolanacearum [phylotype I] identified in reference strain (ATCC 33192) isolated from Physalis angulata.

* Jackson MT, Gonzalez LC, Aguilar JA (1979) Avances en el combate de la marchitez bacteriana de la papa en Costa Rica. Fitopatologia 14 (2), 48-53.

* RPP 37, 493; 40, 235 (Buddenhagen); 40, 551.

* Sequeira L and Averre C (1961) Distribution and pathogenicity of strains of Pseudomonas solanacearum from virgin soils in Costa Rica. Plant Disease Report 45, 435–440.

* Stulberg MJ, Shao J, and Huang Q (2015) A multiplex PCR assay to detect and differentiate select agent strains of Ralstonia solanacearum. Plant Disease 99:333-341.
------- R. solanacearum [phylotype IIB-1] identified among reference isolates UW120 and UW257 from potato. R. pseudosolanacearum [phylotype I] also isolated from potato.

Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Nicaragua Present, no details view...
Panama Present, no details view...