PRO/PL> Brown rot, potato – Poland

Other Plant Disease — Poland
The NPPO [National Plant Protection Organization] of Poland recently informed EPPO of another detection of _Ralstonia solanacearum_ (EPPO A2 List) on potatoes on its territory (see also EPPO RS 2015/001) [ProMED-mail post http://promedmail.org/post/20150210.3157933].
The bacterium was detected in 2016 in a lot of ware potatoes (_Solanum tuberosum_ cv. ‘Lady Claire’) which had been grown on an area covering approximately 250 ha [about 618 acres] and located in Central Western Poland. The