Bacterial decline | Papaya

HOST:Papaya

HOST (LATIN):Carica papaya

PATHOGEN:Erwinia papayae

SOURCE:M. Schroth

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.