DISEASE: Bacterial hyperplastic canker
HOST: Almond
Diseased tree with multiple cankers. Margins of cankers are rough, soft, cheesy, dark brown, and have scalloped water-soaked spots that turn brown. Multiple cankers may girdle and kill small twigs.
Bacterial hyperplastic canker | Almond
DISEASE: Bacterial hyperplastic canker
HOST: Almond (Prunus dulcis)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas amygdali
SOURCE: P. Psallidas
DISEASE: Blister spot
HOST: Apple
Fruit with water-soaked spots.
Blister spot | Apple
DISEASE: Blister spot
HOST: Apple (Malus domestica)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. papulans
SOURCE: T. Burr
DISEASE: Blister spot
HOST: Apple
Water-soaked blister spots on leaves of blighted twig.
Blister spot | Apple
DISEASE: Blister spot
HOST: Apple (Malus domestica)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. papulans
SOURCE: T. Burr
DISEASE: Blister spot
HOST: Apple
Apple with brownish blister spots.
Blister spot | Apple
DISEASE: Blister spot
HOST: Apple (Malus domestica 'Mutsu')
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. papulans
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Blister spot
HOST: Apple
Late stage of blister spot. The purplish black lesions are associated with lenticels and stomata.
Blister spot | Apple
DISEASE: Blister spot
HOST: Apple (Malus domestica 'Crispin')
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. papulans
SOURCE: T. Burr
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