DISEASE: Aster yellows
HOST: Squash
Diagnostic characteristics for the disease are yellowing of young leaves, proliferation of secondary shoots, and rigid erect habit. Leaves are misshapen and smaller than normal and have stiff, thick laminae.
Aster yellows | Squash
DISEASE: Aster yellows
HOST: Squash (Cucurbita sp.)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Aster yellows group
SOURCE: S. Miller
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 fruit blotch
HOST: Cantaloupe
Early stage of disease with discolored blotches on the surface.
Bacterial fruit blotch | Cantaloupe
DISEASE: Bacterial fruit blotch
HOST: Cantaloupe (Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis)
PATHOGEN: Acidovorax citrulli
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli
SOURCE: D. B. Langston
DISEASE: Bacterial fruit blotch
HOST: Cantaloupe
View of disease path from rind to internal rotting of melon.
Bacterial fruit blotch | Cantaloupe
DISEASE: Bacterial fruit blotch
HOST: Cantaloupe (Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis)
PATHOGEN: Acidovorax citrulli
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli
SOURCE: R. Gitaitis
DISEASE: Bacterial fruit blotch
HOST: Cantaloupe
Leaf spot stage. Lesions start small and may coalesce, forming large, brown necrotic areas.
Bacterial fruit blotch | Cantaloupe
DISEASE: Bacterial fruit blotch
HOST: Cantaloupe (Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis)
PATHOGEN: Acidovorax citrulli
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli
SOURCE: D. B. Langston
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Cantaloupe
Cantaloupe field with severe destruction from bacterial wilt (left), less on right.
Bacterial wilt | Cantaloupe
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Cantaloupe (Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia tracheiphila
SOURCE: L. Claflin
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