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Bacterial Wilt of Solanaceous Crops

Bacterial Diseases of Crops

A soilborne bacterial disease (Ralstonia solanacearum) that blocks water conducting tissue and causes rapid, often fatal wilting in potato, tomato, eggplant, banana and many other crops across the tropics, subtropics and warmer temperate regions. Its very wide host range, long soil persistence and the existence of multiple aggressive races make it one of the most difficult bacterial plant diseases to manage.

Facts
Classification
Agent Kind
Bacterium 1
Quarantine Status
Quarantine Pest (ISPM 5) 2
Connections

Associated With

Chili Pepper, Crops

Bacterial wilt affects chili pepper along with other solanaceous crops such as tomato and eggplant.

Eggplant, Crops

Bacterial wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum) is a major soil-borne disease of eggplant and other solanaceous crops.

Caused By Agent Kind

Bacterium, Concepts
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Found In

Angola

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Source EPPO Global Database: Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (RALSSO) - DistributionDistribution
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Angola Present, no details
Bangladesh

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Source EPPO Global Database: Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (RALSSO) - DistributionDistribution
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Bangladesh Present, widespread
Benin

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Source EPPO Global Database: Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (RALSSO) - DistributionDistribution
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Benin Present, no details
Cameroon

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Source EPPO Global Database: Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (RALSSO) - DistributionDistribution
Quote, Distribution
Cameroon Present, widespread
New Zealand

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Source EPPO Global Database: Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (RALSSO) - DistributionDistribution
Quote, Distribution
New Zealand Present, widespread
Sources
1. Bacterial Wilt of Solanaceous Crops (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Opening definition paragraph
    Ralstonia solanacearum is an aerobic non-spore-forming, Gram-negative, plant pathogenic bacterium. R. solanacearum is soil-borne and motile with a polar flagellar tuft. It colonises the xylem, causing bacterial wilt in a very wide range of potential host plants. It is known as Granville wilt when it occurs in tobacco.
  • lead description
    A soilborne bacterial disease (Ralstonia solanacearum) that blocks water conducting tissue and causes rapid, often fatal wilting in potato, tomato, eggplant, banana and many other crops across the tropics, subtropics and warmer temperate regions.
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2. EPPO A2 List of pests recommended for regulation as quarantine pests
A2 List, Bacteria and phytoplasmas
Quote, A2 List, Bacteria and phytoplasmas
Ralstonia solanacearum
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