R. solanacearum/Bacterial wilt

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*Federal Register, Oct. 16. Ralstonia solanacearum* race 3, biovar 2 renewed in the USDA Select Agents list.** Effective November 14, 2008

	NEW project Publication. Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2: Description and strategies for best management of a select agent pathogen as a potential incitant of bacterial wilt of tomato. Presented at the 2009 Florida Tomato Institute Meeting, Naples, Florida. Download PDF (6.6Mb). NEW !

	Ralstonia solanacearum raza 3 biovar 2 NUEVO ! Guía descriptiva del patógeno en español. Descalgar al formato PDF (1.32Mb).

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	LEARN MORE about Management of Bacterial Wilt of Tomato. A revised version of our Pest and Disease information module is now available. Access Module here.

	NEW Project Publication. Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2 causes tropical losses and temperate anxieties. Plant Health Progress. Published 13 March 2009. Article online.


Recent Alerts - First Reports (last 6 months)		Archives

	May, 2009 - First report of bacterial wilt of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) caused by Ralstonia solanacearum in Benin <Plant Disease 93 (5): 549-549 > NEW !

	August, 2008 (Feb. 2009) - Ralstonia solanacearum biovar 1 associated with a new outbreak of potato brown rot in Portugal <Phytopathologia Mediterranea 47 (2): 87-91>


Recent Publications (last 2 months)		Archives

JOURNAL ARTICLES - From <ISI Web of Knowledge> Search Alert
	November 2009

	Messiha, N. A. S., van Bruggen, A. H. C., Franz, E., Janse, J. D., Schoeman-Weerdesteijn, M. E., Termorshuizen, A. J., and van Diepeningen, A. D. 2009. Effects of soil type, management type and soil amendments on the survival of the potato brown rot bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum. Applied Soil Ecology 43:206-215. NEW ! Abstract...

	Tomlinson, D. L., Elphinstone, J. G., Soliman, M. Y., Hanafy, M. S., Shoala, T. M., Abd El-Fatah, H., Agag, S. H., Kamal, M., et al. 2009. Recovery of Ralstonia solanacearum from canal water in traditional potato-growing areas of Egypt but not from designated Pest-Free Areas (PFAs). European Journal of Plant Pathology 125:589-601. NEW ! Abstract...

	Xu, J., Pan, Z. C., Prior, P., Xu, J. S., Zhang, Z., Zhang, H., Zhang, L. Q., He, L. Y., et al. 2009. Genetic diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum strains from China. European Journal of Plant Pathology 125:641-653. NEW ! Abstract...

	Toukam, G. M. S., Cellier, G., Wicker, E., Guilbaud, C., Kahane, R., Allen, C., and Prior, P. 2009. Broad diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum strains in Cameroon. Plant Disease 93:1123-1130. Abstract...

	October 2009

	Huang, J., Wu, J., Li, C., Xiao, C., and Wang, G. 2009. Specific and sensitive detection of Ralstonia solanacearum in soil with quantitative, real-time PCR assays. Journal of Applied Microbiology 107:1729-1739 Abstract...

	Grover, A., Azmi, W., Khurana, S. M. P., and Chakrabarti, S. K. 2009. Multiple displacement amplification as a pre-polymerase chain reaction (pre-PCR) to detect ultra low population of Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith 1896) Yabuchi et al. (1996). Letters in Applied Microbiology 49:539-543. Abstract...

	Wicker, E., Grassart, L., Coranson-Beaudu, R., Mian, D., and Prior, P. 2009. Epidemiological evidence for the emergence of a new pathogenic variant of Ralstonia solanacearum in Martinique (French West Indies). Plant Pathology 58:853-861. Abstract...

	Vanitha, S. C., Niranjana, S. R., Mortensen, C. N., and Umesha, S. 2009. Bacterial wilt of tomato in Karnataka and its management by Pseudomonas fluorescens. Biocontrol 54:685-695. Abstract...