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DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot)

HOST: Cotton

Leaf with advanced stage of blight.

DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot)

HOST: Cotton

Highly susceptible (left) and resistant (right) cotton cultivars. The black arm stage of the disease is the most serious and occurs when bacteria invade petioles and then stems.

DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot)

HOST: Cotton

Characteristic early symptoms are water-soaked leaf spots and water-soaking along veins.

DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot)

HOST: Cotton

Leaf with dark, angular leaf spots. Systemic invasion causes blackening of midribs.

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: Marginal leaf blight

HOST: Lettuce

Marginal leaf blight first appears as slimy wilting of leaf margins. Small, reddish lesions may be seen on leaf blades. Infected tissues turn brown to black in time.