BACTERIAL HEART ROT AND FRUIT COLLAPSE
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Pineapple

SOURCE:
A. de Silva
DISEASE:
Bacterial heart rot and fruit collapse
HOST:
Pineapple
(Ananas comosus)
Characteristic gas-filled "blister" on leaf (left) and decayed, dried leaf (right).
PATHOGEN:
Dickeya sp.
PATHOGEN SYNONYM:
Erwinia chrysanthemi