DISEASE: Alfalfa dwarf
HOST: Alfalfa
Alfalfa dwarf is characterized by stunted plants (left), usually dark blue-green in color. Xylem tissues become brown, especially when exposed to air.
Alfalfa dwarf | Alfalfa
DISEASE: Alfalfa dwarf
HOST: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
PATHOGEN: Xylella fastidiosa
SOURCE: R. M. Davis
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi
Diseased blossoms, a stage of bacterial canker.
Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot) | Kiwi
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi (Actinidia chinensis)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae
SOURCE: J. Young
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi
Leaf spot stage of the disease with small, brown lesions with yellow halos.
Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot) | Kiwi
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi (Actinidia chinensis)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae
SOURCE: M. Goto
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi
Leaf spots on young leaves. Note dark brown to black lesions on lower surface (left) and similar lesions on upper surface but with yellow halos (right).
Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot) | Kiwi
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi (Actinidia chinensis)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae
SOURCE: J. Young
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi
Rusty-colored exudate oozing from cankers on infected trunk.
Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot) | Kiwi
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi (Actinidia chinensis)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae
SOURCE: M. Goto
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: Alfalfa
Stems with necrotic lesions.
Bacterial leaf spot | Alfalfa
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas alfalfae subsp. alfalfae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. alfalfae
SOURCE: APS