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 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 heart rot and fruit collapse
HOST: Pineapple
Infected leaf with olive green, puffy appearance.
Bacterial heart rot and fruit collapse | Pineapple
DISEASE: Bacterial heart rot and fruit collapse
HOST: Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya sp.
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi
SOURCE: G. Taniguchi
DISEASE: Bacterial heart rot and fruit collapse
HOST: Pineapple
Advanced stage of heart rot. Note puffy appearance of discolored midportions of central heart leaves.
Bacterial heart rot and fruit collapse | Pineapple
DISEASE: Bacterial heart rot and fruit collapse
HOST: Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya sp.
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi
SOURCE: C. V. Subere
DISEASE: Bacterial heart rot and fruit collapse
HOST: Pineapple
Dark, necrotic, decayed area at bases of central heart leaves. Advanced stage is characterized by an olive green leaf color and puffy appearance of midportions of leaves.
Bacterial heart rot and fruit collapse | Pineapple
DISEASE: Bacterial heart rot and fruit collapse
HOST: Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya sp.
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi
SOURCE: K. Rohrbach