DISEASE: Bacterial pustule
HOST: Soybean
Early symptoms are minute, pale green spots on young leaves. Later, small pustules form in the center of spots, best observed on underside of leaves. Spots vary in size and darken with age and lesions coalesce. Dead areas are torn away by wind.
Bacterial pustule | Soybean
DISEASE: Bacterial pustule
HOST: Soybean (Glycine max)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. glycines
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. glycines
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Carrot yellows
HOST: Carrot
Flowers with shoot proliferation (witches’-broom) (left). Healthy flower (right). Virescence and phyllody of flower parts are common.
Carrot yellows | Carrot
DISEASE: Carrot yellows
HOST: Carrot (Daucus carota)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Aster yellows group
SOURCE: M. Schroth
DISEASE: Carrot yellows
HOST: Carrot
Carrot with proliferation of roots. Initial symptoms include yellowing and narrowing of veins of young leaves. The entire leaf later becomes necrotic.
Carrot yellows | Carrot
DISEASE: Carrot yellows
HOST: Carrot (Daucus carota)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Aster yellows group
SOURCE: G. S. Abawi
DISEASE: Witches'-broom
HOST: Alfalfa
Alfalfa plant (center) exhibiting stunting and proliferation of stems. Other symptoms are small, rounded, chlorotic, often puckered leaves and a yellowish cast.
Witches'-broom | Alfalfa
DISEASE: Witches'-broom
HOST: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma trifolii'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Clover proliferation group
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Witches'-broom
HOST: Alfalfa
Young plant (left) with small, numerous stems (witches'-broom). Healthy stems (right).
Witches'-broom | Alfalfa
DISEASE: Witches'-broom
HOST: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma trifolii'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Clover proliferation group
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Witches'-broom
HOST: Cactus
Witches'-broom of Opuntia cactus.
Witches'-broom | Cactus
DISEASE: Witches'-broom
HOST: Cactus (Opuntia sp.)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma' sp.
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma (undefined)
SOURCE: R. McCoy, M. Davis
DISEASE: Witches'-broom
HOST: Citrus (Lime)
Lime tree with compact, small leaves (witches'-broom). Leaves on older brooms dry out and eventually drop, leaving dead, bare branches. There are no flowers or fruit on brooms.
Witches'-broom | Citrus (Lime)
DISEASE: Witches'-broom
HOST: Citrus (Lime) (Citrus sp.)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Peanut witches'-broom group
SOURCE: J. Bove, M. Garnier
DISEASE: Witches'-broom
HOST: Dogwood
Witches'-broom of eastern dogwood.
Witches'-broom | Dogwood
DISEASE: Witches'-broom
HOST: Dogwood (Cornus sp.)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma' sp.
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma (undefined)
SOURCE: W. Sinclair
DISEASE: Witches'-broom
HOST: Lilac
Lilac with broomlike symptoms and dead twigs.
Witches'-broom | Lilac
DISEASE: Witches'-broom
HOST: Lilac (Syringa josiflexa 'Royalty')
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma fraxini'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Ash yellows group
SOURCE: C. Hibben, W. Sinclair