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RESULTS

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

DISEASE: Slime flux

HOST: Elm

Although bacteria are associated with slime fluxes of many trees, the causal agents have not been identified.

DISEASE: Slime flux

HOST: Maple

The causal agent of slime flux has not been identified.

DISEASE: Slime flux

HOST: Willow

Foam at site of infection. Slime fluxes are common but the causal agent has not been identified.