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DISEASE: Blood disease

HOST: Banana

Yellow leaves of dying plant.

DISEASE: Blood disease

HOST: Banana

Cross sections of diseased fruit with reddish discoloration and bacterial ooze.

DISEASE: Blood disease

HOST: Banana

Longitudinal sections (right) exposing reddish brown discoloration of infected fruit.

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.

DISEASE: Corky root

HOST: Lettuce

Corky root causes a reduction in size of lettuce heads and root systems; susceptible cultivar (right) and resistant cultivar (left).

DISEASE: Corky root

HOST: Lettuce

Close-up of root with malformed, corky appearance and longitudinal ridges of brown tissues.

DISEASE: Corky root

HOST: Lettuce

Initial symptoms of disease are yellow lesions on taproot and main laterals. Greenish brown bands occur around roots. Root pith may become brown and hollow.

DISEASE: Corky root

HOST: Lettuce

Differences in corky root symptoms between susceptible cultivar (right) and resistant cultivar (left).

DISEASE: Strawberry lethal decline

HOST: Strawberry

Diseased plant with bronzing of older leaves and upward rolling or cupping of younger leaves. Leaves are chlorotic on upper surfaces and reddish or purplish on lower surfaces. In time, the entire plant dies.