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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: Phony disease (Phony peach)

HOST: Peach

Tree with characteristic reduced growth. Foliage is dark green, then turns yellowish. Twigs become brittle and branches die back. Fruit are small.

Phony disease (Phony peach) | Peach

DISEASE: Phony disease (Phony peach)

HOST: Peach (Prunus persica)

PATHOGEN: Xylella fastidiosa

SOURCE: P. C. Anderson

DISEASE: Phony disease (Phony peach)

HOST: Peach

Twigs on diseased trees have shortened internodes and increased lateral branching.

Phony disease (Phony peach) | Peach

DISEASE: Phony disease (Phony peach)

HOST: Peach (Prunus persica)

PATHOGEN: Xylella fastidiosa

SOURCE: M. Davis

DISEASE: Pink disease

HOST: Pineapple

Infected pineapple slices; effect of heating (right) and not heating (left).

Pink disease | Pineapple

DISEASE: Pink disease

HOST: Pineapple (Ananas comosus)

PATHOGEN: Tatumella citrea

PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pantoea citrea

SOURCE: K. Rohrbach, A. Alvarez

DISEASE: Pink disease

HOST: Pineapple

Two clones (A and D) showing different stages of infection. Second and fourth fruits (left to right) have been heated. Disease originally attributed to Gluconobacter oxydans and Enterobacter agglomerans and later to Pantoea citrea.

Pink disease | Pineapple

DISEASE: Pink disease

HOST: Pineapple (Ananas comosus)

PATHOGEN: Tatumella citrea

PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pantoea citrea

SOURCE: K. Rohrbach