DISEASE: Hollow stalk
HOST: Tobacco
Hollow stalk may appear at time of topping and suckering. Top leaves wilt and the stalk becomes bare as the disease moves downward.
Hollow stalk | Tobacco
DISEASE: Hollow stalk
HOST: Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)
PATHOGEN: Pectobacterium carotovorum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora
SOURCE: P. Shoemaker
DISEASE: Hollow stalk
HOST: Tobacco
Infection of flue-cured tobacco stalks occur at wound sites caused by topping. After top infection, browning of pith occurs and tissues rot.
Hollow stalk | Tobacco
DISEASE: Hollow stalk
HOST: Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)
PATHOGEN: Pectobacterium carotovorum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Maize bushy stunt
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Maize with chlorotic leaf margins and reddening of tips and margins of older leaves.
Maize bushy stunt | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Maize bushy stunt
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Aster yellows group
SOURCE: L. Nault, M. Davis
DISEASE: Maize bushy stunt
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Late stage of disease.
Maize bushy stunt | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Maize bushy stunt
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Aster yellows group
SOURCE: R. Davis, M. Davis
DISEASE: Maize bushy stunt
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Dalbulus maidis, leafhopper vector of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris', the cause of maize bushy stunt.
Maize bushy stunt | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Maize bushy stunt
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Aster yellows group
SOURCE: L. Nault, M. Davis
DISEASE: Slime flux
HOST: Casuarina
Slime flux occurs on a number of tree species and is always associated with bacteria and yeast. However, the causal agent has not been identified.
Slime flux | Casuarina
DISEASE: Slime flux
HOST: Casuarina (Casuarina equisetifolia)
PATHOGEN: Causal agent unknown
SOURCE: W. Sinclair
DISEASE: Slime flux
HOST: Elm
Although bacteria are associated with slime fluxes of many trees, the causal agents have not been identified.
Slime flux | Elm
DISEASE: Slime flux
HOST: Elm (Ulmus pumila)
PATHOGEN: Causal agent unknown
SOURCE: W. Sinclair
DISEASE: Slime flux
HOST: Maple
The causal agent of slime flux has not been identified.
Slime flux | Maple
DISEASE: Slime flux
HOST: Maple (Acer saccharum)
PATHOGEN: Causal agent unknown
SOURCE: W. Sinclair
DISEASE: Slime flux
HOST: Willow
Foam at site of infection. Slime fluxes are common but the causal agent has not been identified.
Slime flux | Willow
DISEASE: Slime flux
HOST: Willow (Salix sp.)
PATHOGEN: Causal agent unknown
SOURCE: S. Thomson