(1) Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan;(2) The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
Abstract:
A sudden wilt of bellflower (Campanula lactiflora) was observed in Japan in 1997. A bacterium that formed white fluidal and mucoid colonies resembling those of Ralstonia solanacearum was isolated from the infected plants. The bacterium was bacteriologically identified as biovar 3 of R. solanacearum. This is the first report of R. solanacearum affecting a plant species of the Campanulaceae family.