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DISEASE: Bacterial decline

HOST: Papaya

Bacterial decline of papaya, historically called St. Croix decline, was thought to be caused by a fungus. This picture shows a papaya with dead top and side branches, a severe stage of the disease.

DISEASE: Bacterial decline

HOST: Papaya

Water-soaked papaya stem in St. Croix. Dark, water-soaked, greasy lesions occur on stems and leaves. The causal agent differs somewhat from descriptions of Erwinia papayae D strains in Micronesia.

DISEASE: Bacterial decline

HOST: Papaya

Bacterial invasion of leaf veins and adjacent tissues of papaya in Micronesia. This disease has also been called canker, dieback, and blight.

DISEASE: Bacterial decline

HOST: Papaya

Complete destruction of papaya plantation in Micronesia. Only a severely damaged trunk remains.

DISEASE: Grain rot

HOST: Rice

Close-up of diseased grain. Infected portions of lemma and palea are purplish to dark brown.

DISEASE: Grain rot

HOST: Rice

Discolored and withered hulls of infected panicles. A brown margin between the infected and healthy parts of the grain is a diagnostic feature.

DISEASE: X-disease (Western X) or buckskin

HOST: Cherry

Comparison of normal, dark cherries (in hand) with infected, immature cherries with less pigmentation.

DISEASE: X-disease (Western X) or buckskin

HOST: Cherry

Healthy cherry shoot (left) and stunted shoot (right).

DISEASE: X-disease (Western X) or buckskin

HOST: Cherry

Infected trees on 'Mazzard' rootstock (right) may live for years, producing fruit with symptoms. Trees on 'Mahaleb' rootstock (left) usually die rapidly in year of infection, about time of fruit ripening.