DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Bacterial necrosis)
HOST: Grape
Stem necrosis of grape.

Bacterial blight (Bacterial necrosis) | Grape
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Bacterial necrosis)
HOST: Grape (Vitis vinifera)
PATHOGEN: Xylophilus ampelinus
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas ampelina
SOURCE: N. Schaad
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Bacterial necrosis)
HOST: Grape
Stem with cankers and discolored external tissues.

Bacterial blight (Bacterial necrosis) | Grape
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Bacterial necrosis)
HOST: Grape (Vitis vinifera)
PATHOGEN: Xylophilus ampelinus
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas ampelina
SOURCE: N. Schaad
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Bacterial necrosis)
HOST: Grape
Severe infection in vineyard is noted by dead canes. Symptoms are most severe in spring; shoot blight, occasional spots on leaves, and cankers are common.

Bacterial blight (Bacterial necrosis) | Grape
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Bacterial necrosis)
HOST: Grape (Vitis vinifera)
PATHOGEN: Xylophilus ampelinus
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas ampelina
SOURCE: C. Manceau, N. Schaad
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Bacterial necrosis)
HOST: Grape
Leaf with necrotic spots and marginal necrosis. One-sided cracking of petiole tissue is common (not shown here).

Bacterial blight (Bacterial necrosis) | Grape
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Bacterial necrosis)
HOST: Grape (Vitis vinifera)
PATHOGEN: Xylophilus ampelinus
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas ampelina
SOURCE: C. Panagopoulos
DISEASE: Bacterial mushy canker
HOST: Papaya
This disease (Micronesia) differs from bacterial decline by causing blackish, water-soaked, mushy cankers near or in leaf axils or on young stems.

Bacterial mushy canker | Papaya
DISEASE: Bacterial mushy canker
HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia sp.
SOURCE: E. Trujillo
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Alfalfa
Longitudinal section of defined brown gum pockets on inner surface of root bark.

Bacterial wilt | Alfalfa
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. insidiosus
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Alfalfa
Infected plant (left) with typical symptoms of stunting and chlorosis. Other characteristic symptoms are spindly stems and small distorted leaflets. Healthy plant (right).

Bacterial wilt | Alfalfa
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. insidiosus
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Alfalfa
Diseased plant with chlorotic leaves.

Bacterial wilt | Alfalfa
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. insidiosus
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Alfalfa
Cross sections of diseased roots with defined brown gum pockets on inner surface of bark. Healthy root (upper left). Other sections represent increases in disease severity.

Bacterial wilt | Alfalfa
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. insidiosus
SOURCE: L. Claflin