EPPO Global Database

Ralstonia solanacearum race 2 (no longer in use)(PSDMS2)

Distribution details in Australia (Queensland)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1999: Absent, pest eradicated
From CABI Disease map 784 (1999): Absent, pest eradicated
References
* Akiew, E.; Hyde, K. D. (1993) Plant Disease 77 (3), 319.
------- Cairns, on imported Heliconia plants.

* Diatloff, A.; Akiew, E.; Wood, B. A.; Hyde, K. D. (1992) Australasian Plant Pathology 21 (4), 163-168.
------- Biovar 1 on imported and field grown Heliconia.

* Hyde, K. D.; McCulloch, B.; Akiew, E.; Peterson, R. A.; Diatloff, A. (1992) Australasian Plant Pathology 21 (1), 29-31.
------- Biovar 1 detected on imported Heliconia plants in Cairns. Plants were destroyed and the pathogen was not found in surveys during the next 18 months.