EPPO Global Database

Ralstonia solanacearum species complex(RALSSO)

Distribution details in El Salvador

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2017: Present, no details
Comments
Moko disease on banana, bacterial wilt on tomato.
References
* Buddenhagen IW and Elsasser TA (1962) An insect-spread bacterial wilt epiphytic of Bluggoe banana. Nature 194, 164–165. doi: 10.1038/194164a0
------ R. solanacearum [phylotype II] SFR strain transmitted by insects was first reported in El Salvador.

* 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 El Salvador.

* 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
------- Moko disease caused by R. solanacearum phylotype II is present.

* Lino Rodríguez, Claudia María and Portal Miranda, Lídice Hortencia (2013) Efecto de enmiendas al suelo para prevenir la marchitez bacteriana, (Ralstonia solanacearum E. F. Smith), en el cultivo de tomate (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill). Engineeri Doctoral thesis, Universidad de El Salvador. http://ri.ues.edu.sv/id/eprint/7505/
------- Bacterial wilt (presumably caused by R. solanacearum [phylotype II]) is major disease of tomato.

* RPP 49, 3740.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Guatemala Present, widespread view...
Honduras Present, no details view...