DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight and stalk rot
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Corn husk leaves with brownish red streaks and blotches. The leaves turn brown but may later become gray or white. Symptoms vary depending upon genotype.
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Bacterial leaf blight and stalk rot | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight and stalk rot
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Acidovorax avenae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Acidovorax avenae subsp. avenae
SOURCE: A. Alvarez
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight and stalk rot
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Leaves with whitish streaks.
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Bacterial leaf blight and stalk rot | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight and stalk rot
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Acidovorax avenae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Acidovorax avenae subsp. avenae
SOURCE: R. Gitaitis
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight and stalk rot
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Lesions may vary from brown to red, sometimes gray or white, and some genotypes have red borders around lesions.
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Bacterial leaf blight and stalk rot | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight and stalk rot
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Acidovorax avenae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Acidovorax avenae subsp. avenae
SOURCE: R. Gitaitis
DISEASE: Bacterial stalk and top rot
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Corn at intermediate stage of disease development.
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Bacterial stalk and top rot | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Bacterial stalk and top rot
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya zeae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae
SOURCE: A. Alvarez
DISEASE: Bacterial stalk and top rot
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Plant with decay of growing point and stalk. Other bacterial species also cause stalk rot, including Pectobacterium carotovorum.
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Bacterial stalk and top rot | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Bacterial stalk and top rot
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya zeae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Bacterial stalk and top rot
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Corn with tan, water-soaked, slimy stalk tissue.
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Bacterial stalk and top rot | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Bacterial stalk and top rot
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya zeae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae
SOURCE: D. White
DISEASE: Bacterial stalk and top rot
HOST: Corn (Maize)
The disease typically occurs midseason and causes tan to dark brown, water-soaked, rotted tissues at base of whorl. Uppermost leaves may wilt.
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Bacterial stalk and top rot | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Bacterial stalk and top rot
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya zeae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae
SOURCE: S. Mohan
DISEASE: Bacterial stripe
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Early stage of bacterial stripe.
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Bacterial stripe | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Bacterial stripe
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Burkholderia andropogonis
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas andropogonis
SOURCE: A. Alvarez
DISEASE: Bacterial stripe
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Corn leaves with amber- to olive-colored, water-soaked translucent stripes.
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Bacterial stripe | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Bacterial stripe
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Burkholderia andropogonis
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas andropogonis
SOURCE: M. Shurtleff