DISEASE: Bacterial blast and fruit spot
HOST: Avocado
White bacterial ooze on surface of fruit. Pseudomonas strains that cause canker likely differ from those that infect fruit and leaves.
Bacterial blast and fruit spot | Avocado
DISEASE: Bacterial blast and fruit spot
HOST: Avocado (Persea americana)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae
SOURCE: L. Fucikovsky
DISEASE: Bacterial canker
HOST: Avocado
Cankers on trunk.
Bacterial canker | Avocado
DISEASE: Bacterial canker
HOST: Avocado (Persea americana)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas campestris
SOURCE: H. Ohr
DISEASE: Bacterial finger-tip rot
HOST: Banana
Cross sections of fruit with internal discoloration and rot. This disease is also known as Mokillo disease.
Bacterial finger-tip rot | Banana
DISEASE: Bacterial finger-tip rot
HOST: Banana (Musa sp.)
PATHOGEN: Burkholderia cenocepacia
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas cenocepacia
SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen
DISEASE: Bacterial finger-tip rot
HOST: Banana
Longitudinal sections of fruit with internal discoloration and rot. Healthy (right).
Bacterial finger-tip rot | Banana
DISEASE: Bacterial finger-tip rot
HOST: Banana (Musa sp.)
PATHOGEN: Burkholderia cenocepacia
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas cenocepacia
SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen
DISEASE: Bacterial finger-tip rot
HOST: Banana
Diseased banana hand with external discoloration.
Bacterial finger-tip rot | Banana
DISEASE: Bacterial finger-tip rot
HOST: Banana (Musa sp.)
PATHOGEN: Burkholderia cenocepacia
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas cenocepacia
SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Schefflera
Leaf with water-soaked lesions.
Bacterial leaf spot | Schefflera
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Schefflera (Schefflera actinophylla)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas hortorum pv. hederae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. hederae
SOURCE: M. Gleason
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Schefflera
Leaf with large, grayish necrotic areas.
Bacterial leaf spot | Schefflera
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Schefflera (Schefflera actinophylla)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas hortorum pv. hederae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. hederae
SOURCE: A. Chase
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Schefflera
Leaf with many small, pinpoint-sized lesions and a few large lesions.
Bacterial leaf spot | Schefflera
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Schefflera (Schefflera arboricola)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas hortorum pv. hederae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. hederae
SOURCE: A. Chase
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt (Moko disease)
HOST: Banana
Diseased young plant with wilted, yellowish leaves.
Bacterial wilt (Moko disease) | Banana
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt (Moko disease)
HOST: Banana (Musa sp.)
PATHOGEN: Ralstonia solanacearum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas solanacearum
SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen