EPPO Global Database

Ralstonia solanacearum species complex(RALSSO)

Distribution details in Egypt

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2000/124) : reported in the north, on artichoke. Presumably race 1.

EPPO Reporting Service (2001/021) : confirmed in potato fields in El-Minia governorate. See R. solanacearum race 3 biovar 2 for more details.
References
* Abo-El-Dahab, M. K.; El-Goorani, M. A.; Wagih, E. E. (1978) Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, 2 133 (3), 211-216.
------- Biotype II.

* Aly & Abd El Ghafar (2000) New Disease Reports Vol 1, http://www.bspp.org.uk/ndr

* Chakrabarti, S. K.; Shekhawat, G. S.; Gadewar, A. V. (1995) Bacterial Wilt Newsletter No. 12, 9-10.

* El-Goorani, M. A. (1976) Proceedings of the 1st International Planning Conference and Workshop on the ecology and control of bacterial wilt caused by Pseudomonas solanacearum, 68-72. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA.

* Kabeil SS, Lashin SM, El-Masry MH, El-Saadani MA, Abd-Elgawad MM, Aboul-Einean AM (2008) Potato brown rot disease in Egypt: current status and prospects. Am-Eurasian J Agric Environ Sci. 2008;4:44-54.

* Mickail, K. Y.; Bishay, F.; Farag, N. S.; Tawfik, A. E.; Fawzi, F. G. (1985) Status of brown rot disease of potatoes in Egypt in the years from 1980 to 1984. Agricultural Research Review 63 (2), 165-173.

* Review of Plant Pathology, 79(11), p 1125 (8083).

* Seleim MA, Abo-Elyousr KA, Abd-El-Moneem KM, Saead FA (2014) First report of bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum biovar 2 race 1 on tomato in Egypt The Plant Pathology Journal 30(3), 299-303.
------- Reference to Biovar 2, race 1 may be erroneous. Very likely that this was R. solanacearum [phylotype PIIB-1].

* Tomlinson DL, Elphinstone JG, Soliman MY, Hanafy MS, Shoala TM, Abd El-Fatah H, Agag SH, Kamal M, Abd El-Aliem MM, Fawzi FG, Stead DE (2009) Recovery of Ralstonia solanacearum from canal water in traditional potato-growing areas of Egypt but not from designated Pest-Free Areas (PFAs). European Journal of Plant Pathology 125, 589-601
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Libya Absent, pest no longer present view...