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: Hollow stalk
HOST: Tobacco
Hollow stalk may appear at time of topping and suckering. Top leaves wilt and the stalk becomes bare as the disease moves downward.
Hollow stalk | Tobacco
DISEASE: Hollow stalk
HOST: Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)
PATHOGEN: Pectobacterium carotovorum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora
SOURCE: P. Shoemaker
DISEASE: Hollow stalk
HOST: Tobacco
Infection of flue-cured tobacco stalks occur at wound sites caused by topping. After top infection, browning of pith occurs and tissues rot.
Hollow stalk | Tobacco
DISEASE: Hollow stalk
HOST: Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)
PATHOGEN: Pectobacterium carotovorum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Geranium
Geranium with wilted, yellow necrotic leaves.
Pith necrosis | Geranium
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Geranium (Pelargonium sp.)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas corrugata
SOURCE: A. Magyarosy, D. Thomas
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Geranium
Pitted and hollow stems, one of the disease symptoms.
Pith necrosis | Geranium
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Geranium (Pelargonium sp.)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas corrugata
SOURCE: A. Magyarosy, D. Thomas
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Geranium
Discolored stem caused by systemic infection of the pathogen.
Pith necrosis | Geranium
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Geranium (Pelargonium sp.)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas corrugata
SOURCE: A. Magyarosy, D. Thomas
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Tomato
Cracked, dry, hollow stems with internal necrosis.
Pith necrosis | Tomato
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas corrugata
SOURCE: A. Alvarez
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Tomato
External necrotic stem tissues. Initial symptoms include chlorosis of young leaves. Wilting may occur when disease is severe.
Pith necrosis | Tomato
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas corrugata
SOURCE: K. Natsuaki, M. Goto