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DISEASE: Bacterial wilt

HOST: Squash

Field with severe symptoms of wilt. Foliage often is chlorotic and leaf margins may be chlorotic and necrotic before plant death. Bacterial ooze may be seen streaming from the xylem when infected stems are cut.

Bacterial wilt | Squash

DISEASE: Bacterial wilt

HOST: Squash (Cucurbita maxima)

PATHOGEN: Erwinia tracheiphila

SOURCE: B. Jacobsen, M. Shurtleff

DISEASE: Fire blight

HOST: Pear

Blossom blight is first seen as water-soaked spots that rapidly turn brown to black as the disease becomes systemic and progresses down the shoot.

Fire blight | Pear

DISEASE: Fire blight

HOST: Pear (Pyrus communis)

PATHOGEN: Erwinia amylovora

SOURCE: S. Thomson

DISEASE: X-disease (Western X) or buckskin

HOST: Cherry

X-disease causes undersized, yellowish fruit. Diseased branches turn rusty red near end of season. Some defoliation occurs on diseased branches.

X-disease (Western X) or buckskin | Cherry

DISEASE: X-disease (Western X) or buckskin

HOST: Cherry (Prunus cerasus)

PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni'

PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma X-disease group

SOURCE: A. Jones