EPPO Global Database

Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum(XANTMU)

Distribution details in Burundi

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2013: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2009
From CABI Disease map 939 (2013): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2009/055) : first? published record.
References
* Aritua V, Parkinson N, Thwaites R, Heeney JV, Jones DR, Tushemereirwe W, Crozier J, Reeder R, Stead DE, Smith J (2008) Characterization of the Xanthomonas sp. causing wilt of enset and banana and its proposed reclassification as a strain of X. vasicola. Plant Pathology 57(1), 170-177.
------- Probably the first published record.

* Blomme et al. (2013) A historical overview of the appearance and spread of Musa pests and pathogens on the African continent: highlighting the importance of clean Musa planting material and quarantine measures. Annals of Applied Biology 162(1), 4-26.

* Carter BA, Reeder R, Mgenzi SR, Kinyua ZM, Mbaka JN, Doyle K, Nakato V, Mwangi M, Beed F, Arithua V, Lewis Ivey ML, Miller SA, Smith JJ (2010) Identification of Xanthomonas vasicola (formerly X. campestris pv. musacearum), causative organism of banana xanthomonas wilt, in Tanzania, Kenya and Burundi. Plant Pathology 59(2), p 403.

* Mwangi, M.; Nakato, V. (2009) Acta Horticulturae No.828, 395-404

* Promed posting of 2011-05-02. Bacterial wilt banaa - Burundi: first report. http://www.promedmail.org
------- Disease spreading and confirmed in 5 provinces (Bujumbura rural, Cankuzo, Cibitoke, Makamba, Ruyigi)

* Tripathi L, Mwangi M, Aritua V, Tushemereirwe WK, Abele S, Bandyopadhyay R (2009) Xanthomonas wilt. A threat to banana production in East and Central Africa. Plant Disease 93(5), 440-451.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Rwanda Present, widespread view...
Tanzania Present, restricted distribution view...