BACTERIAL DECLINE
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Papaya

SOURCE:
M. Schroth
DISEASE:
Bacterial decline
HOST:
Papaya
(Carica papaya)
Water-soaked papaya stem in St. Croix. Dark, water-soaked, greasy lesions occur on stems and leaves. The causal agent differs somewhat from descriptions of Erwinia papayae D strains in Micronesia.
PATHOGEN:
Erwinia papayae