EPPO Global Database

Ralstonia solanacearum species complex(RALSSO)

Distribution details in Grenada

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2015: Present, no details
From NPPO: Present, few occurrences
Comments
On banana.

EPPO Reporting Service (1995/21) : from Caraphin Report, 1994.

References
* 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 Grenada.

* Cellier, G, Remenant B, Chiroleu F Lefeuvre P and Prior P (2012) Phylogeny and Population Structure of Brown Rot- and Moko Disease-Causing Strains of Ralstonia solanacearum Phylotype II. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78, 2367-2375; DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06123-11
------- R. solanacearum [phylotype IIA-6] confirmed on reference isolates from Cavendish and Bluggo banana (GMI8044, RUN394, RUN0585, Grenada 9-1) and tomato (GRE T11L1).

* Cronshaw, D. K.; Edmunds, J. E. (1980) Tropical Agriculture 57 (2), 171-172.
------- North; SFR strain.

* IICA Caraphin Report, Jan-Jun 1994.