EPPO Global Database

Ralstonia solanacearum species complex(RALSSO)

Distribution details in Chile

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1983
From NPPO: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
From country itself (1992): in 1983, CIP (reference 1) and Ciampi-Panno (reference 2), identified Race 3 on potato. In 1989, Chilean agricultural services and CIP identified Biovar II on tomato. Present in Regiones V, VI, VII and Metropolitana; the authorized seed-potato production areas are free from the pest.

EPPO Reporting Service (1998/022): first found in the 1980s, now present in many areas where it attacks tomato.

EPPO Reporting Service (2000/006) : present in region Metropolitana, regions IV, V, VI and VII and Nuble in region VIII.
References
* Acuña R (2008) Compendio de fitopatógenos de cultivos agrícolas en Chile. Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero, Santiago, Chile.
------- on potato and capsicum.

* Ciampi-Panno, L. (1984) Bacterial wilt of potato in Chile. Plant Disease 68, 822-823.
------- First record, Metropolitan Region.

* Ciampi, L.; Burzio, L. O.; Burzio, L. A. (1997) Fitopatologia 32 (1), 64-70.
------- First detected on potatoes in the Metropolitan Region in the early 1980s; also in tomato fields in Regions V and VII.

* Fernández C (1984) Determinacion de la marchitez bacteriana causada por pseudomonas solanacearum e. F. Smith en papa. Agricultura Técnica, Chile, 44 (2), 173-174.

* Fernandez MC (1986) Some hosts of Pseudomonas solanacearum in Chile. (Algunos hospedantes de Pseudomonas solanacearum en Chile.) Agricultura Tecnica, Chile 46, 101-105.

* NPPO of Chile (1992).

* ProMed posting (no. 20170120.4778242) of 2017-01-20. Brown rot, potato - Chile: (Araucania, Los Rios). https://www.promedmail.org/post/4778242
------- Potato brown rot found in the regions of La Araucania and Los Rios.

* Review of Plant Pathology, 77(1), p 40 (295).

* Vasconez IN, Besoain X, Vega-Celedón P, Valenzuela M, Seeger M (2020) First report of bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum phylotype IIB sequevar 1 affecting tomato in different regions of Chile. Plant Disease 104(7), 2023.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Argentina Present, no details view...
Bolivia Present, widespread view...
Peru Present, no details view...