DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Boll rot)
HOST: Cotton
Boll rot first appears as raised, water-soaked lesions, which become sunken and turn brown to black with time.

Bacterial blight (Boll rot) | Cotton
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Boll rot)
HOST: Cotton (Gossypium barbadense)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas citri subsp. malvacearum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum
SOURCE: A. Hayward
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Boll rot)
HOST: Cotton
Infection of bolls causes premature opening and increased susceptibility to secondary, saprophytic microorganisms that cause rot. Note discolored cotton.

Bacterial blight (Boll rot) | Cotton
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Boll rot)
HOST: Cotton (Gossypium barbadense)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas citri subsp. malvacearum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Bacterial foot rot
HOST: Rice
The disease causes sheaths to turn dark brown and rot; dead leaves droop. Nodes, culms, and crowns also decay, and infected tillers are easily detached from the crown. Culms and internodes turn black.

Bacterial foot rot | Rice
DISEASE: Bacterial foot rot
HOST: Rice (Oryza sativa)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya zeae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae
SOURCE: M. Goto
DISEASE: Bacterial foot rot
HOST: Rice
Decayed culms (right) and healthy culms (left). Leaf sheaths of infected plants exhibit dark brown decay and attached leaves turn yellow and wilt.

Bacterial foot rot | Rice
DISEASE: Bacterial foot rot
HOST: Rice (Oryza sativa)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya zeae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae
SOURCE: M. Goto
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Blight)
HOST: Beet
Seedling blight stage of the disease.

Bacterial leaf spot (Blight) | Beet
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Blight)
HOST: Beet (Beta vulgaris)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. aptata
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas aptata
SOURCE: C. Schneider
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Blight)
HOST: Beet
Leaves with dark brown necrotic regions and streaks; two petioles also are infected.

Bacterial leaf spot (Blight) | Beet
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Blight)
HOST: Beet (Beta vulgaris)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae
SOURCE: C. Schneider
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Blight)
HOST: Begonia
Initial symptoms appear as small, blisterlike lesions. As lesions age, they enlarge, producing broad patches of necrotic leaf tissue.

Bacterial leaf spot (Blight) | Begonia
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Blight)
HOST: Begonia (Begonia sp.)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. begoniae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. begoniae
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Blight)
HOST: Begonia
Advanced stage of disease with dark, large necrotic areas on leaves and interveinal chlorosis.

Bacterial leaf spot (Blight) | Begonia
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Blight)
HOST: Begonia (Begonia sp.)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. begoniae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. begoniae
SOURCE: APS