DISEASE: Bacterial bud and petal blight
HOST: Orchid
Miltonia orchid with brownish necrotic areas around edges of flower petals.
Bacterial bud and petal blight | Orchid
DISEASE: Bacterial bud and petal blight
HOST: Orchid (Miltonia sp.)
PATHOGEN: Acidovorax cattleyae
SOURCE: R. Raabe
DISEASE: Bacterial bud and petal blight
HOST: Orchid
Miltonia orchid with diseased water-soaked flower buds.
Bacterial bud and petal blight | Orchid
DISEASE: Bacterial bud and petal blight
HOST: Orchid (Miltonia sp.)
PATHOGEN: Acidovorax cattleyae
SOURCE: R. Raabe
DISEASE: European stone fruit yellows
HOST: Almond
The disease causes yellowing and rolling of leaves (right). Leaves become thick and rough in texture. Healthy leaves (left).
European stone fruit yellows | Almond
DISEASE: European stone fruit yellows
HOST: Almond (Prunus dulcis)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Apple proliferation group
SOURCE: E. Seemueller
DISEASE: X-disease (Western X) or buckskin
HOST: Cherry
Comparison of normal, dark cherries (in hand) with infected, immature cherries with less pigmentation.
X-disease (Western X) or buckskin | Cherry
DISEASE: X-disease (Western X) or buckskin
HOST: Cherry (Prunus avium)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma X-disease group
SOURCE: A. Purcell, M. Davis
DISEASE: X-disease (Western X) or buckskin
HOST: Cherry
Healthy cherry shoot (left) and stunted shoot (right).
X-disease (Western X) or buckskin | Cherry
DISEASE: X-disease (Western X) or buckskin
HOST: Cherry (Prunus avium)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma X-disease group
SOURCE: S. Thomson
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.
X-disease (Western X) or buckskin | Cherry
DISEASE: X-disease (Western X) or buckskin
HOST: Cherry (Prunus avium)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma X-disease group
SOURCE: S. Thomson
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.
X-disease (Western X) or buckskin | Cherry
DISEASE: X-disease (Western X) or buckskin
HOST: Cherry (Prunus cerasus)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma X-disease group
SOURCE: A. Jones