Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum(RALSPS)
Distribution details in Tanzania
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2020: Present, no details
First recorded in: 1998
First recorded in: 1998
Black et al. (1999): R. pseudosolanacearum (biovar 3) found on tomato in all areas surveyed on potato in mid-elevation areas. R. pseudosolanacearum found on tomato and eggplant in Zanzibar for the first time in 1998.
Aloyce et al. (2020): Predominant cause of tomato bacterial wilt in the main agroecological regions is R. pseudosolanacearum (biovar 3). However R. solanacearum [phylotype II] (biovar 2) is also found on tomato in the southern zone of Tanzania.
Aloyce et al. (2020): Predominant cause of tomato bacterial wilt in the main agroecological regions is R. pseudosolanacearum (biovar 3). However R. solanacearum [phylotype II] (biovar 2) is also found on tomato in the southern zone of Tanzania.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | Present, widespread | ||
| Rwanda | Present, no details | ||
| Uganda | Present, no details | ||
| Zambia | Present, no details |