DISEASE: Blood disease
HOST: Banana
Yellow leaves of dying plant.

Blood disease | Banana
DISEASE: Blood disease
HOST: Banana (Musa sp.)
PATHOGEN: Ralstonia solanacearum species complex
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Ralstonia solanacearum (Phylotype IV)
SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen
DISEASE: Blood disease
HOST: Banana
Cross sections of diseased fruit with reddish discoloration and bacterial ooze.

Blood disease | Banana
DISEASE: Blood disease
HOST: Banana (Musa sp.)
PATHOGEN: Ralstonia solanacearum species complex
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Ralstonia solanacearum (Phylotype IV)
SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen
DISEASE: Blood disease
HOST: Banana
Longitudinal sections (right) exposing reddish brown discoloration of infected fruit.

Blood disease | Banana
DISEASE: Blood disease
HOST: Banana (Musa sp.)
PATHOGEN: Ralstonia solanacearum species complex
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Ralstonia solanacearum (Phylotype IV)
SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen
DISEASE: Blood disease
HOST: Banana
Diseased plant with wilt and yellowing of leaves. The disease occurs in Indonesia and is characterized by bright red discoloration of vascular tissues. It is caused by strains in the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex.

Blood disease | Banana
DISEASE: Blood disease
HOST: Banana (Musa sp.)
PATHOGEN: Ralstonia solanacearum species complex
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Ralstonia solanacearum (Phylotype IV)
SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen
DISEASE: Goss's bacterial wilt and blight
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Wilted, dying plants. Leaves have gray to light yellow stripes and irregular margins that follow leaf veins. Systemically infected plants usually have orange vascular bundles.

Goss's bacterial wilt and blight | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Goss's bacterial wilt and blight
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Corynebacterium nebraskense
SOURCE: A. Vidaver
DISEASE: Goss's bacterial wilt and blight
HOST: Corn (Maize)
The disease causes necrotic leaf lesions, which typically have dark flecks (freckles) within the lesions (not seen here).

Goss's bacterial wilt and blight | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Goss's bacterial wilt and blight
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Corynebacterium nebraskense
SOURCE: A. Vidaver
DISEASE: Syringae seedling blight and leaf spot
HOST: Pepper
Blight lesions (on transplants) usually begin as water-soaked spots that later turn brown to black. Lesions are on cotyledons and first true leaves.

Syringae seedling blight and leaf spot | Pepper
DISEASE: Syringae seedling blight and leaf spot
HOST: Pepper (Capsicum annuum)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae
SOURCE: APS