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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: Common scab (Potato scab)

HOST: Potato

Symptoms of common scab vary depending upon the cultivar. The lesions can be shallow or deep, erumpent and corky, and vary in color.

DISEASE: Common scab (Potato scab)

HOST: Potato

White-skinned tuber with sunken and superficial scab lesions.

DISEASE: Common scab (Potato scab)

HOST: Potato

Red-skinned tuber with lesions that usually penetrate less than 1 mm.

DISEASE: Strawberry lethal decline

HOST: Strawberry

Diseased plant with bronzing of older leaves and upward rolling or cupping of younger leaves. Leaves are chlorotic on upper surfaces and reddish or purplish on lower surfaces. In time, the entire plant dies.