DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Boll rot)
HOST: Cotton
Boll rot first appears as raised, water-soaked lesions, which become sunken and turn brown to black with time.
Bacterial blight (Boll rot) | Cotton
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Boll rot)
HOST: Cotton (Gossypium barbadense)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas citri subsp. malvacearum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum
SOURCE: A. Hayward
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Boll rot)
HOST: Cotton
Infection of bolls causes premature opening and increased susceptibility to secondary, saprophytic microorganisms that cause rot. Note discolored cotton.
Bacterial blight (Boll rot) | Cotton
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Boll rot)
HOST: Cotton (Gossypium barbadense)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas citri subsp. malvacearum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Bacterial pustule
HOST: Soybean
Early symptoms are minute, pale green spots on young leaves. Later, small pustules form in the center of spots, best observed on underside of leaves. Spots vary in size and darken with age and lesions coalesce. Dead areas are torn away by wind.
Bacterial pustule | Soybean
DISEASE: Bacterial pustule
HOST: Soybean (Glycine max)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. glycines
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. glycines
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Bacterial ring rot
HOST: Potato
Stunted plant with withered leaves (right).
Bacterial ring rot | Potato
DISEASE: Bacterial ring rot
HOST: Potato (Solanum tuberosum)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus
SOURCE: M. Schroth
DISEASE: Bacterial ring rot
HOST: Potato
Infected leaf with advanced stage of interveinal necrosis.
Bacterial ring rot | Potato
DISEASE: Bacterial ring rot
HOST: Potato (Solanum tuberosum)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Bacterial ring rot
HOST: Potato
Foliage symptoms are upward rolling of leaves and marginal necrosis of lower leaves.
Bacterial ring rot | Potato
DISEASE: Bacterial ring rot
HOST: Potato (Solanum tuberosum)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus
SOURCE: G. Franc
DISEASE: Bacterial ring rot
HOST: Potato
Internal and external tuber symptoms, characteristic of ring rot.
Bacterial ring rot | Potato
DISEASE: Bacterial ring rot
HOST: Potato (Solanum tuberosum)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus
SOURCE: R. Rowe
DISEASE: Bacterial ring rot
HOST: Potato
Ring rot symptoms of tuber. Note the dark ring does not always extend completely around the tuber. Tissues are wet and cheesy.
Bacterial ring rot | Potato
DISEASE: Bacterial ring rot
HOST: Potato (Solanum tuberosum)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Bacterial ring rot
HOST: Potato
Advanced decay of vascular ring with cheesy rot. Exudation is from squeezing the tuber.
Bacterial ring rot | Potato
DISEASE: Bacterial ring rot
HOST: Potato (Solanum tuberosum)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus
SOURCE: APS