DISEASE: Aster yellows
HOST: Wheat
Healthy head (left) and diseased head (right). Diseased seedlings may die within 2 to 3 weeks. Infected heads of surviving plants are small and sterile, with distorted awns.
Aster yellows | Wheat
DISEASE: Aster yellows
HOST: Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Aster yellows group
SOURCE: L. N. Chiykowski
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight
HOST: Wheat
Diseased leaves with whitish blotches. Initial water-soaked spots become necrotic and progress from gray-green to tannish white.
Bacterial leaf blight | Wheat
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight
HOST: Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae
SOURCE: J. Otta
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight
HOST: Wheat
Diseased leaves with whitish blotches. The disease begins as water-soaked spots and then become necrotic and progresses from gray-green to tannish white.
Bacterial leaf blight | Wheat
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight
HOST: Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae
SOURCE: L. Claflin
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight
HOST: Wheat
Leaves with reddish tan necrotic lesions.
Bacterial leaf blight | Wheat
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight
HOST: Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae
SOURCE: L. Claflin
DISEASE: Bacterial mosaic
HOST: Wheat
Diseased leaves with mosaic pattern exhibiting various amounts of yellowing. Leaves were artificially inoculated by vacuum infiltration.
Bacterial mosaic | Wheat
DISEASE: Bacterial mosaic
HOST: Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. tessellarius
SOURCE: A. Vidaver
DISEASE: Bacterial spot
HOST: Plum
Shot-hole phase of disease.
Bacterial spot | Plum
DISEASE: Bacterial spot
HOST: Plum (Prunus domestica)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. pruni
SOURCE: T. Burr
DISEASE: Bacterial spot
HOST: Plum
Dark, sunken area on blossom end of fruit.
Bacterial spot | Plum
DISEASE: Bacterial spot
HOST: Plum (Prunus domestica)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. pruni
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Bacterial spot
HOST: Plum
Dark brown necrotic lesions along main leaf vein. Lesions may drop off, leaving shot-hole effect.
Bacterial spot | Plum
DISEASE: Bacterial spot
HOST: Plum (Prunus domestica)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. pruni
SOURCE: S. Thomson
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