DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Ginger
Blackening of pith and cortex of rhizome.
Bacterial wilt | Ginger
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Ginger (Zingiber officinale)
PATHOGEN: Ralstonia solanacearum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas solanacearum
SOURCE: A. Alvarez
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Ginger
Field of wilted ginger plants.
Bacterial wilt | Ginger
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Ginger (Zingiber officinale)
PATHOGEN: Ralstonia solanacearum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas solanacearum
SOURCE: A. Hayward
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Ginger
Ginger plants with yellowing, marginal necrosis, and downward curling of infected leaves, in contrast to darker, fully expanded healthy leaves.
Bacterial wilt | Ginger
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Ginger (Zingiber officinale)
PATHOGEN: Ralstonia solanacearum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas solanacearum
SOURCE: M. Paret, N. Joy
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Ginger
Cupping and leaf necrosis precedes wilt and death of plants.
Bacterial wilt | Ginger
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Ginger (Zingiber officinale)
PATHOGEN: Ralstonia solanacearum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas solanacearum
SOURCE: M. Paret, N. Joy
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Ginger
Typical symptoms of bacterial wilt in ginger plantations, Kerala, India.
Bacterial wilt | Ginger
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Ginger (Zingiber officinale)
PATHOGEN: Ralstonia solanacearum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas solanacearum
SOURCE: M. Paret, N. Joy
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Wheatgrass
Lesions on leaves first appear as water-soaked, translucent, long, narrow streaks. They later turn brown and necrotic and often coalesce into blighted areas.
Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak) | Wheatgrass
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Wheatgrass (Elytrigia intermedia)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas translucens pv. cerealis
SOURCE: S. Mohan
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Wheatgrass
Close-up of leaf with brown necrotic streaks.
Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak) | Wheatgrass
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Wheatgrass (Elytrigia intermedia)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas translucens pv. cerealis
SOURCE: S. Mohan
DISEASE: Crown gall
HOST: Grape
Gall on base of 'Zinfandel' grape in California, where aerial galls are less common because of dry, hot weather.
Crown gall | Grape
DISEASE: Crown gall
HOST: Grape (Vitis vinifera 'Zinfandel')
PATHOGEN: Agrobacterium vitis
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Rhizobium vitus
SOURCE: M. Schroth