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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.

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.

DISEASE: Pink disease

HOST: Pineapple

Infected pineapple slices; effect of heating (right) and not heating (left).

DISEASE: Pink disease

HOST: Pineapple

Two clones (A and D) showing different stages of infection. Second and fourth fruits (left to right) have been heated. Disease originally attributed to Gluconobacter oxydans and Enterobacter agglomerans and later to Pantoea citrea.

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.

DISEASE: X-disease (Western X) or buckskin

HOST: Cherry

X-disease causes undersized, yellowish fruit. Diseased branches turn rusty red near end of season. Some defoliation occurs on diseased branches.