Bacterial wilt of ginger in Queensland: Reappraisal of a disease outbreak (original) (raw)

Hayward, A. C. and Pegg, K. G. (2013)Bacterial wilt of ginger in Queensland: Reappraisal of a disease outbreak. Australasian Plant Pathology, 42 (3). pp. 235-239. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13313-012-0174-y

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Abstract

In 1955 a severe wilt disease occurring on ginger in the Near North Coast district of Queensland was incorrectly attributed to infection by a Fusarium sp., and later shown to be caused by a strain of Ralstonia solanacearum, now reclassified as R. sequeirae. The disease was brought from China into Australia on latently infected rhizomes, and possibly also with associated soil. Several DNA-based diagnostic methods have shown that the pathogen causing bacterial wilt of ginger in parts of China is indistinguishable from the pathogen uniquely associated with the disease in Queensland. © 2012 Australasian Plant Pathology Society Inc.

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