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RESULTS

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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.

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.

DISEASE: Phony disease (Phony peach)

HOST: Peach

Tree with characteristic reduced growth. Foliage is dark green, then turns yellowish. Twigs become brittle and branches die back. Fruit are small.

DISEASE: Phony disease (Phony peach)

HOST: Peach

Twigs on diseased trees have shortened internodes and increased lateral branching.

DISEASE: Pink disease

HOST: Pineapple

Infected pineapple slices; effect of heating (right) and not heating (left).

DISEASE: Pink disease

HOST: Pineapple

Two clones (A and D) showing different stages of infection. Second and fourth fruits (left to right) have been heated. Disease originally attributed to Gluconobacter oxydans and Enterobacter agglomerans and later to Pantoea citrea.