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Bacterial foot rot | Rice
HOST:Rice
HOST (LATIN):Oryza sativa
PATHOGEN:Dickeya zeae
SYNONYM:Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae
SOURCE:M. Goto
The disease causes sheaths to turn dark brown and rot; dead leaves droop. Nodes, culms, and crowns also decay, and infected tillers are easily detached from the crown. Culms and internodes turn black.
