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: Bacterial stem and root rot
HOST: Sweet potato
Collapse of stems and roots caused by systemic activity of the pathogen.

Bacterial stem and root rot | Sweet potato
DISEASE: Bacterial stem and root rot
HOST: Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya sp.
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi
SOURCE: N. Schaad
DISEASE: Bacterial stem and root rot
HOST: Sweet potato
Rot and collapse of stem, petioles, and leaves caused by systemic infection.

Bacterial stem and root rot | Sweet potato
DISEASE: Bacterial stem and root rot
HOST: Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya sp.
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi
SOURCE: N. Schaad
DISEASE: Bacterial stem and root rot
HOST: Sweet potato
Rot and internal discoloration of tuber.

Bacterial stem and root rot | Sweet potato
DISEASE: Bacterial stem and root rot
HOST: Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya sp.
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi
SOURCE: C. Clark
DISEASE: Xanthomonas leaf blight
HOST: Onion
This was the first photo of onion leaf blight, which was considered a controversial finding for 10 years until an outbreak occurred in the West Indies.

Xanthomonas leaf blight | Onion
DISEASE: Xanthomonas leaf blight
HOST: Onion (Allium cepa)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. allii
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. allii
SOURCE: A. Alvarez
DISEASE: Xanthomonas leaf blight
HOST: Onion
Diseased leaf with necrotic internal tissues.

Xanthomonas leaf blight | Onion
DISEASE: Xanthomonas leaf blight
HOST: Onion (Allium cepa)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. allii
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. allii
SOURCE: A. Alvarez
DISEASE: Xanthomonas leaf blight
HOST: Onion
Onions with brown, necrotic, blighted leaves.

Xanthomonas leaf blight | Onion
DISEASE: Xanthomonas leaf blight
HOST: Onion (Allium cepa)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. allii
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. allii
SOURCE: H. Schwartz