EPPO Global Database

Ralstonia solanacearum species complex(RALSSO)

Distribution details in Ecuador

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Present, no details
From NPPO: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
NPPO (1992): Present restricted distribution.

On banana and eucalyptus.
In October 2013, in a plantain farm in El Carmen canton in Manabí, Ecuador, the occurrence of wilted plants of cv. Barraganete with necrosis in vascular tissue of rhizomes and pseudostem was observed. Laboratory and pathogenicity tests confirmed the identity of the pathogen. It is considered that the disease has probably been introduced with infected banana material imported from Colombia.
References
* Álvarez E, Pantoja A, Gañán L, Ceballos G (2015) Current status of Moko disease and black sigatoka in Latin America and the Caribbean, and options for managing them CIAT publication No. 404
------- Moko disease (caused by R. solanacearum [phylotype II]) is officially recorded in Ecuador.

* Alvarez Romero PI, Grabowski Ocampos C, Carpio C, Toro VS, Ferreira e Ferreira AFTA, Mizubuti ESG (2021) First report of Ralstonia solanacearum causing bacterial wilt of Eucalyptus in Ecuador. Plant Disease 105(1), p 211.
------- First report in January 2018 of eucalyptus trees showing wilt symptoms in a commercial plantation located in the Quevedo Cantón, Los Ríos province, Ecuador. Isolated bacteria were identified as R. solanacearum [phylotype IIB sequevar 51] and pathogenicity confirmed on eucalyptus and tomato but not banana.

* CPPC (1990s)
------- Present, no details. This record was considered as a doubtful record on the CABI map 784 of 1999.

* Delgado R, Morillo E, Buitrón J, Bustamante A, Sotomayor I (2014) First report of Moko disease caused by Ralstonia solanacearum race 2 in plantain (Musa AAB) in Ecuador. New Disease Reports 30, 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.5197/j.2044-0588.2014.030.023
------- First confirmed record.

* NPPO of Ecuador (1992).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Colombia Present, no details view...
Peru Present, no details view...