Ralstonia solanacearum species complex(RALSSO)
Distribution details in Sri Lanka
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2014: Present, no details
Velipillai (1986): R. solanacearum sensu lato widespread on chilli (Capsicum annuum), eggplant (Solanum melongena), tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), and potato (Solanum tuberosum). Biovar 2 was obtained from potato cultivated above 1890 m and in virgin lands in the hill country wet zone; biovar 3 was obtained from tomato and potato in several locations previously cropped with cultivated species in the warmer dry zone; and biovar 2 and3 in the transitional regions between the dry and wet zones. Biovar 4 was found in potatoes grown at Gorandiyatenna (up-country dry zone). Hosts include Anthurin andraeanum from Handessa (mid country), Curcuma domestica (tumeric) and Zingiber officinale (ginger) from Gampaha (low country), Phaseolus vulgaris (bush bean) and Psophocarpus terragonolobus (winged bean) from Gannoruwa (mid eountry), Croton hirtus, Hyptis suaveolens and Sesamum indicum (sesame) from coconut-growing regions in Kurunegala (mid country) and Momordica charantia (bitter gourd) from Marassana (mid country).
* Cellier G, Remenant B, Chiroleu F, Lefeuvre P, 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
------- R. solanacearum [phylotype IIB-1] identified from potato reference isolate JT646
* Gunathilake PMPCK, Bandara JMRS and Samarajeewa PK (2004) Genetic Diversity and Pathogenicity of Ralstonia solanacearum E.F. Smith in Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)in Kandy, Matale, and Monaragala Districts. Tropical Agricultural Research 16, 51-60
------- Genetically diverse isolates of R. solanacearm sensu lato isolated from tomato in 3 districts (Kandy, Matale & Monaragala).
* Kumar A, Prameela TP, Suseelabhai R, Siljo A, Anandaraj M, Vinatzer BA (2014) Host specificity and genetic diversity of race 4 strains of Ralstonia solanacearum. Plant Patholology, 63: 1138-1148
------- R. pseudosolanacearum [phylotype I] identified from potato reference isolates UW51 and UW296
* Velupillai M (1986) Bacterial wilt in Sri Lanka. In: Persley GJ, ed. Proceedings of Bacterial Wilt Disease in Asia and the South Pacific. Canberra, ACT, Australia: AICIAR, 57–64.
------- R. solanacearum [phylotype IIB-1] identified from potato reference isolate JT646
* Gunathilake PMPCK, Bandara JMRS and Samarajeewa PK (2004) Genetic Diversity and Pathogenicity of Ralstonia solanacearum E.F. Smith in Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)in Kandy, Matale, and Monaragala Districts. Tropical Agricultural Research 16, 51-60
------- Genetically diverse isolates of R. solanacearm sensu lato isolated from tomato in 3 districts (Kandy, Matale & Monaragala).
* Kumar A, Prameela TP, Suseelabhai R, Siljo A, Anandaraj M, Vinatzer BA (2014) Host specificity and genetic diversity of race 4 strains of Ralstonia solanacearum. Plant Patholology, 63: 1138-1148
------- R. pseudosolanacearum [phylotype I] identified from potato reference isolates UW51 and UW296
* Velupillai M (1986) Bacterial wilt in Sri Lanka. In: Persley GJ, ed. Proceedings of Bacterial Wilt Disease in Asia and the South Pacific. Canberra, ACT, Australia: AICIAR, 57–64.