R. solanacearum/Bacterial wilt

Bacterial Wilt	Ralstonia solanacearum	Brown Rot

Description and management of:
  - R. solanacearum race 3 biovar 2
  - Brown rot of potato
  - Southern wilt of geranium
  - Bacterial wilt of tomato

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  - Information & management guides
  - Diagnostic & sampling protocols
  - Meeting abstracts
  - Book references
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R. solanacearum and the diseases it causes on potato, geranium, and tomato

Updated: Feb. 1, 2010

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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).

	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

	January 06, 2010 - Bacterial wilt, eggplant - India: (KA) control. NEW ! A ProMED-mail post.


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JOURNAL ARTICLES - From <ISI Web of Knowledge> Search Alert
	January 2010

	Priou, S., Gutarra, L., Aley, P., De Mendiburu, F., and Llique, R. 2010. Detection of Ralstonia solanacearum (biovar 2A) in stems of symptomless plants before harvest of the potato crop using post-enrichment DAS-ELISA. Plant Pathology 59:59-67. NEW ! Abstract...

	Stevens, P. and van Elsas, J. D. 2010. Genetic and phenotypic diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum biovar 2 strains obtained from Dutch waterways. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology 97:171-188. Abstract...

	December 2009

	Mimura, Y., Yoshikawa, M., and Hirai, M. 2009. Pepper accession LS2341 is highly resistant to Ralstonia solanacearum strains from Japan. HortScience 44:2038-2040. Abstract...

	Hassan, M. A. E., Bereika, M. F. F., Abo-Elnaga, H. I. G., and Sallam, M. A. A. 2009. Direct antimicrobial activity and induction of systemic resistance in potato plants against bacterial wilt disease by plant extracts. Plant Pathology Journal 25:352-360. Abstract...

	Ho, F., Chen, Y., Lin, Y., Cheng, C., and Wang, J. 2009. A tobacco rattle virus-induced gene silencing system for a soil-borne vascular pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum . Botanical Studies 50:413-424. Abstract...