DISEASE: Bacterial heart rot
HOST: Palm
Palm with advanced stage of heart rot. Symptoms of mature palms include rapid browning and desiccation of foliage, rot of roots and buds, and aborted fruits.
Bacterial heart rot | Palm
DISEASE: Bacterial heart rot
HOST: Palm (Cocos nucifera)
PATHOGEN: Phytomonas sp.
SOURCE: R. McCoy, M. Davis
DISEASE: Bacterial hyperplastic canker
HOST: Almond
Diseased tree with multiple cankers. Margins of cankers are rough, soft, cheesy, dark brown, and have scalloped water-soaked spots that turn brown. Multiple cankers may girdle and kill small twigs.
Bacterial hyperplastic canker | Almond
DISEASE: Bacterial hyperplastic canker
HOST: Almond (Prunus dulcis)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas amygdali
SOURCE: P. Psallidas
DISEASE: Greasy center
HOST: Poinsettia
Stem with dark cankers and copious ooze. Necrotic areas are greasy in appearance and eventually turn light tan to brown with a papery texture as the cuticle becomes detached.
Greasy center | Poinsettia
DISEASE: Greasy center
HOST: Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas viridiflava
SOURCE: R. Raabe