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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: Greasy center

HOST: Poinsettia

Stem with dark cankers and copious ooze. Necrotic areas are greasy in appearance and eventually turn light tan to brown with a papery texture as the cuticle becomes detached.

DISEASE: Pink disease

HOST: Pineapple

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

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.