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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: Slippery skin

HOST: Onion

Rot progresses from the top of infected scales and eventually internal tissues rot. In early stages, the only external symptoms may be softening of the neck.

Slippery skin | Onion

DISEASE: Slippery skin

HOST: Onion (Allium cepa)

PATHOGEN: Burkholderia gladioli pv. alliicola

PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas gladioli pv. alliicola

SOURCE: H. Schwartz

DISEASE: Sweet potato little leaf

HOST: Sweet potato

Infected plant (left) and healthy plant (right).

Sweet potato little leaf | Sweet potato

DISEASE: Sweet potato little leaf

HOST: Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia'

PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Peanut witches'-broom group

SOURCE: R. McCoy, M. Davis