DISEASE: Bacterial heart rot
HOST: Palm
Palm with advanced stage of heart rot. Symptoms of mature palms include rapid browning and desiccation of foliage, rot of roots and buds, and aborted fruits.
Bacterial heart rot | Palm
DISEASE: Bacterial heart rot
HOST: Palm (Cocos nucifera)
PATHOGEN: Phytomonas sp.
SOURCE: R. McCoy, M. Davis
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: Cane blight
HOST: Rose
Rose with blighted necrotic cane.
Cane blight | Rose
DISEASE: Cane blight
HOST: Rose (Rosa sp.)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae
SOURCE: S. Mohan
DISEASE: Crown gall
HOST: Rose
Rose with galls near soil line.
Crown gall | Rose
DISEASE: Crown gall
HOST: Rose (Rosa sp.)
PATHOGEN: Agrobacterium tumefaciens
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Rhizobium sp.
SOURCE: M. Goto
DISEASE: Hairy root
HOST: Rose
Hairy root symptoms of many fibrous roots (right). Noninfected root (left).
Hairy root | Rose
DISEASE: Hairy root
HOST: Rose (Rosa sp.)
PATHOGEN: Agrobacterium rhizogenes
SOURCE: R. Raabe
DISEASE: Hairy root
HOST: Rose
Crown gall (left) and hairy root (right) caused by Agrobacterium tumefaciens and A. rhizogenes, respectively. Healthy root (center).
Hairy root | Rose
DISEASE: Hairy root
HOST: Rose (Rosa sp.)
PATHOGEN: Agrobacterium rhizogenes
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Rhizobium sp.
SOURCE: M. Schroth
DISEASE: Lethal yellowing
HOST: Palm
Palm with dark necrotic inflorescence.
Lethal yellowing | Palm
DISEASE: Lethal yellowing
HOST: Palm (Cocos nucifera)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma palmae'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Coconut lethal yellowing group
SOURCE: N. A. Harrison
DISEASE: Lethal yellowing
HOST: Palm
Palm with close-up of diseased yellow spear leaf.
Lethal yellowing | Palm
DISEASE: Lethal yellowing
HOST: Palm (Cocos nucifera)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma palmae'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Coconut lethal yellowing group
SOURCE: W. Sinclair
DISEASE: Lethal yellowing
HOST: Palm
Progression of lethal yellowing symptoms. Older fronds of coconut palm turn yellow, followed by yellowing of younger ones near center of crown.
Lethal yellowing | Palm
DISEASE: Lethal yellowing
HOST: Palm (Cocos nucifera)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma palmae'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Coconut lethal yellowing group
SOURCE: W. Sinclair