HOLLOW STALK
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Tobacco

SOURCE:
P. Shoemaker
DISEASE:
Hollow stalk
HOST:
Tobacco
(Nicotiana tabacum)
Hollow stalk may appear at time of topping and suckering. Top leaves wilt and the stalk becomes bare as the disease moves downward.
PATHOGEN:
Pectobacterium carotovorum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM:
Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora