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DISEASE: Bacterial blast and fruit spot

HOST: Avocado

White bacterial ooze on surface of fruit. Pseudomonas strains that cause canker likely differ from those that infect fruit and leaves.

Bacterial blast and fruit spot | Avocado

DISEASE: Bacterial blast and fruit spot

HOST: Avocado (Persea americana)

PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae

SOURCE: L. Fucikovsky

DISEASE: Bacterial finger-tip rot

HOST: Banana

Cross sections of fruit with internal discoloration and rot. This disease is also known as Mokillo disease.

Bacterial finger-tip rot | Banana

DISEASE: Bacterial finger-tip rot

HOST: Banana (Musa sp.)

PATHOGEN: Burkholderia cenocepacia

PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas cenocepacia

SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen

DISEASE: Bacterial finger-tip rot

HOST: Banana

Longitudinal sections of fruit with internal discoloration and rot. Healthy (right).

Bacterial finger-tip rot | Banana

DISEASE: Bacterial finger-tip rot

HOST: Banana (Musa sp.)

PATHOGEN: Burkholderia cenocepacia

PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas cenocepacia

SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen

DISEASE: Bacterial finger-tip rot

HOST: Banana

Diseased banana hand with external discoloration.

Bacterial finger-tip rot | Banana

DISEASE: Bacterial finger-tip rot

HOST: Banana (Musa sp.)

PATHOGEN: Burkholderia cenocepacia

PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas cenocepacia

SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen

DISEASE: Rugose leaf curl

HOST: Clover

Two rugose, distorted white clover leaves and a healthy leaf. Rugose leaf curl is caused by an unidentified phloem-infecting bacterium.

Rugose leaf curl | Clover

DISEASE: Rugose leaf curl

HOST: Clover (Trifolium repens)

PATHOGEN: Phloem-infecting bacterium

SOURCE: D. Teakle