Bacterial Wilt
Ralstonia solanacearum
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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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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.
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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.
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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.

 
 
Recent Publications (last 2 months) Archives
 
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...
 

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