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: Pear decline
HOST: Pear
Healthy pear shoot (left) and diseased shoots (center and right). Leaves are reddish and growth is stunted.
Pear decline | Pear
DISEASE: Pear decline
HOST: Pear (Pyrus communis)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Apple proliferation group
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Pear decline
HOST: Pear
Close-up of infected pear branch showing premature reddish coloration of leaves and cupped, stunted leaves.
Pear decline | Pear
DISEASE: Pear decline
HOST: Pear (Pyrus communis)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Apple proliferation group
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Pear decline
HOST: Pear
Reduced growth of infected trees in center of image.
Pear decline | Pear
DISEASE: Pear decline
HOST: Pear (Pyrus communis)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Apple proliferation group
SOURCE: W. Sinclair
DISEASE: Pear decline
HOST: Pear
Psylla pyricola, the psyllid vector of pear decline phytoplasma.
Pear decline | Pear
DISEASE: Pear decline
HOST: Pear (Pyrus communis)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Apple proliferation group
SOURCE: J. Clark, A. Purcell, M. Davis
DISEASE: Pear decline
HOST: Pear
'Bartlett' pears were grafted onto tolerant rootstock. All trees are infected. Note yellowish, diseased branches.
Pear decline | Pear
DISEASE: Pear decline
HOST: Pear (Pyrus communis 'Bartlett')
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Apple proliferation group
SOURCE: C. Smart
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.
Strawberry lethal decline | Strawberry
DISEASE: Strawberry lethal decline
HOST: Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma' sp.
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma (undefined)
SOURCE: H. Schwartz