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 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: Fire blight
HOST: Pluot
Fire blight cankers on major limb. Pluot is an interspecific hybrid of plum and apricot.
Fire blight | Pluot
DISEASE: Fire blight
HOST: Pluot (Prunus hybrid 'Dandy Dapple')
PATHOGEN: Erwinia amylovora
SOURCE: S. Mohan
DISEASE: Fire blight
HOST: Pluot
Dead shoot, the result of systemic infection.
Fire blight | Pluot
DISEASE: Fire blight
HOST: Pluot (Prunus hybrid 'Dandy Dapple')
PATHOGEN: Erwinia amylovora
SOURCE: S. Mohan
DISEASE: Fire blight
HOST: Pluot
Typical symptoms of fire blight-infected shoot.
Fire blight | Pluot
DISEASE: Fire blight
HOST: Pluot (Prunus hybrid 'Dandy Dapple')
PATHOGEN: Erwinia amylovora
SOURCE: S. Mohan