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DISEASE: Aster yellows

HOST: Squash

Diagnostic characteristics for the disease are yellowing of young leaves, proliferation of secondary shoots, and rigid erect habit. Leaves are misshapen and smaller than normal and have stiff, thick laminae.

Aster yellows | Squash

DISEASE: Aster yellows

HOST: Squash (Cucurbita sp.)

PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris'

PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Aster yellows group

SOURCE: S. Miller

DISEASE: Bacterial blast and fruit spot

HOST: Avocado

White bacterial ooze on surface of fruit. Pseudomonas strains that cause canker likely differ from those that infect fruit and leaves.

Bacterial blast and fruit spot | Avocado

DISEASE: Bacterial blast and fruit spot

HOST: Avocado (Persea americana)

PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae

SOURCE: L. Fucikovsky

DISEASE: Bacterial canker

HOST: Avocado

Cankers on trunk.

Bacterial canker | Avocado

DISEASE: Bacterial canker

HOST: Avocado (Persea americana)

PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas campestris

SOURCE: H. Ohr

DISEASE: Bacterial wilt

HOST: Grass

Wilted and dead patches of diseased creeping bent grass (Toronto grass) on golf green.

Bacterial wilt | Grass

DISEASE: Bacterial wilt

HOST: Grass (Agrostis stolonifera)

PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas translucens pv. poae

SOURCE: D. Roberts

DISEASE: Bacterial wilt

HOST: Grass

Irregular disease patterns on golf green. The cultivars Toronto, Cohansey, and Nimisilia are primary hosts of the disease.

Bacterial wilt | Grass

DISEASE: Bacterial wilt

HOST: Grass (Agrostis stolonifera)

PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas translucens pv. poae

SOURCE: D. Roberts