EPPO Global Database

Ralstonia solanacearum species complex(RALSSO)

Distribution details in Australia (Western Australia)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Absent, pest no longer present
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2019/019) : the bacterium no longer occurs in Western Australia (no detections since 1987).
References
* CABI (1977) Pseudomonas solanacearum. Distribution Maps of Plant Diseases, no. 138.

* Cass Smith WP (1943) Wilt diseases of tomatoes. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 2, 21, 45-53 (abst.).

* Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development of Western Australia. Biosecurity (2018-11).
-------- Absence confirmed.

* MacNish GC (1963) Diseases recorded on native plants, weeds, field and fiber crops in Western Australia. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4, 4, 407-408 (abst.).