EPPO Global Database

Ralstonia solanacearum species complex(RALSSO)

Distribution details in Tanzania

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2000/041) : occurs in Zanzibar on tomato and aubergine, and also on mainland.

From Aloyce et al. (2019): during a survey on field and glasshouse tomato crops conducted in 2018 in all districts of Tanzania, 55% of the tested plants (4800 plants in total) were infected.
References
* Aloyce A, Ndakidemi PA, Mbega ER (2019) Survey and conventional management methods of bacterial wilt disease in open fields and greenhouses in Tanzania. Journal of Plant Pathology 101, 1107–1114. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-019-00346-y

* Aloyce A, Ndakidemi PA and Mbega ER (2020) Biovar 2 of Ralstonia solanacearum Species Complex causes tomato bacterial wilt disease in Tanzania. Plant Pathology Journal, 19: 66-76.

* Black, R.; Seal, S. Abubakar, Z.; Nono-Womdim, R.; Swai, I. (1999) Wilt pathogens of Solanaceae in Tanzania: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis, Pseudomonas corrugata and Ralstonia solanacearum. Plant Disease, 83(11), p 1070.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Burundi Present, no details view...
Kenya Present, no details view...
Malawi Present, widespread view...
Mozambique Absent, unreliable record view...
Rwanda Present, widespread view...
Uganda Present, no details view...
Zambia Present, no details view...