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.

Bacterial foot rot | Rice
DISEASE: Bacterial foot rot
HOST: Rice (Oryza sativa)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya zeae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae
SOURCE: M. Goto
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.

Bacterial foot rot | Rice
DISEASE: Bacterial foot rot
HOST: Rice (Oryza sativa)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya zeae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae
SOURCE: M. Goto
DISEASE: Elm yellows
HOST: Elm
Symptoms of elm yellows occasionally appear on one branch before others, but more often they involve the entire crown.

Elm yellows | Elm
DISEASE: Elm yellows
HOST: Elm (Ulmus americana)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Elm yellows group
SOURCE: W. Sinclair
DISEASE: Elm yellows
HOST: Elm
Diseased twig (right) with epinasty, chlorosis, and yellowing of leaves. Sometimes both yellow and green leaves occur on same branch. Healthy branch (left).

Elm yellows | Elm
DISEASE: Elm yellows
HOST: Elm (Ulmus americana)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Elm yellows group
SOURCE: W. Sinclair
DISEASE: Elm yellows
HOST: Elm
Branches with butterscotch discoloration (center) and necrotic flecks in phloem and vascular cambium (right). Healthy branch (left). Sudden wilt and browning is common with small trees.

Elm yellows | Elm
DISEASE: Elm yellows
HOST: Elm (Ulmus americana)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Elm yellows group
SOURCE: W. Sinclair
DISEASE: Elm yellows
HOST: Elm
Elm yellows is characterized by witches'-brooms and stunting. Some cultivars have both yellow and reddish foliar discoloration.

Elm yellows | Elm
DISEASE: Elm yellows
HOST: Elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Elm yellows group
SOURCE: W. Sinclair
DISEASE: Elm yellows
HOST: Elm
Late stage of elm yellows disease.

Elm yellows | Elm
DISEASE: Elm yellows
HOST: Elm (Ulmus rubra)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Elm yellows group
SOURCE: W. Sinclair
DISEASE: Goss's bacterial wilt and blight
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Wilted, dying plants. Leaves have gray to light yellow stripes and irregular margins that follow leaf veins. Systemically infected plants usually have orange vascular bundles.

Goss's bacterial wilt and blight | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Goss's bacterial wilt and blight
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Corynebacterium nebraskense
SOURCE: A. Vidaver
DISEASE: Goss's bacterial wilt and blight
HOST: Corn (Maize)
The disease causes necrotic leaf lesions, which typically have dark flecks (freckles) within the lesions (not seen here).

Goss's bacterial wilt and blight | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Goss's bacterial wilt and blight
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Corynebacterium nebraskense
SOURCE: A. Vidaver