DISEASE: Alfalfa dwarf
HOST: Alfalfa
Alfalfa dwarf is characterized by stunted plants (left), usually dark blue-green in color. Xylem tissues become brown, especially when exposed to air.

Alfalfa dwarf | Alfalfa
DISEASE: Alfalfa dwarf
HOST: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
PATHOGEN: Xylella fastidiosa
SOURCE: R. M. Davis
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf scorch
HOST: Pecan
Pecan with necrotic scorched leaves with distinct dark lines between healthy and diseased tissues.

Bacterial leaf scorch | Pecan
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf scorch
HOST: Pecan (Carya illinoinensis)
PATHOGEN: Xylella fastidiosa
SOURCE: T. Brenneman
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf scorch
HOST: Sycamore
Sycamore with scorched leaves and dieback of small branches.

Bacterial leaf scorch | Sycamore
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf scorch
HOST: Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
PATHOGEN: Xylella fastidiosa
SOURCE: W. Sinclair
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf scorch
HOST: Sycamore
Close-up of scorched leaves.

Bacterial leaf scorch | Sycamore
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf scorch
HOST: Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
PATHOGEN: Xylella fastidiosa
SOURCE: W. Sinclair
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Barley
Black chaff is characterized by water-soaked and darkened glumes on barley heads and streaks and stripes on leaves.

Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak) | Barley
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Barley (Hordeum vulgare)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas translucens pv. undulosa
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Barley
Leaf with linear, water-soaked lesions that turn necrotic and brown. Flakes of dry bacterial exudate are apparent on the lesions. The pathogen also causes black glume of barley.

Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak) | Barley
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Barley (Hordeum vulgare)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas translucens pv. undulosa
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Wheat
Water-soaked stage of leaf streak.

Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak) | Wheat
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas translucens pv. undulosa
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Wheat
Interveinal brown streaks and blotches on wheat leaves, a late stage of disease. Symptoms may be confused with other diseases.

Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak) | Wheat
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas translucens pv. undulosa
SOURCE: R. Kilpatrick