EPPO Global Database

Ralstonia solanacearum species complex(RALSSO)

Distribution details in Mauritius

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2017: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2005
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2008/070) : until 2005 only race 1 biovar 3 had been found on the island. In October 2005 and again in September 2006, 2 outbreaks of race 3 biovar 2 were detected on potato crops.

Yahiaoui et al. (2017): only isolates belonging to R. pseudosolanacearum [phylotype I] and R. syzygii [phylotype IV sequevar 10] found in surveys reported in 2017.
References
* Dookun A, Saumtally S and Seal S (2008) Genetic diversity in Ralstonia solanacearum strains from Mauritius using Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms. Journal of Phytopathology 149(1), 51-55.

* Khoodoo MHR, Ganoo ES, Saumtally S (2007) First report of Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2A infecting potato and weeds in Mauritius. Plant Disease 91(9), p 1200.

* Yahiaoui N, Chéron J-J, Ravelomanantsoa S, Hamza AA., Petrousse B, Jeetah R, Jaufeerally-Fakim Y, Félicité J, Fillâtre J, Hostachy B, Guérin F, Cellier G, Prior P, Poussier S (2017) Genetic Diversity of the Ralstonia solanacearum Species Complex in the Southwest Indian Ocean Islands. Frontiers in Plant Science 8, 2139 DOI=10.3389/fpls.2017.02139