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RESULTS

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DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot

HOST: Alfalfa

Leaves with necrotic, brownish paperlike areas.

DISEASE: Bacterial soft rot

HOST: Carrot

Carrots with advanced stage of soft rot. Lesions on taproots are sunken and dull orange. The epidermis may stay intact in early stages of disease.

DISEASE: Bacterial wilt

HOST: Alfalfa

Longitudinal section of defined brown gum pockets on inner surface of root bark.

DISEASE: Bacterial wilt

HOST: Alfalfa

Infected plant (left) with typical symptoms of stunting and chlorosis. Other characteristic symptoms are spindly stems and small distorted leaflets. Healthy plant (right).

DISEASE: Bacterial wilt

HOST: Alfalfa

Diseased plant with chlorotic leaves.

DISEASE: Bacterial wilt

HOST: Alfalfa

Cross sections of diseased roots with defined brown gum pockets on inner surface of bark. Healthy root (upper left). Other sections represent increases in disease severity.

DISEASE: Carrot yellows

HOST: Carrot

Flowers with shoot proliferation (witches’-broom) (left). Healthy flower (right). Virescence and phyllody of flower parts are common.

DISEASE: Carrot yellows

HOST: Carrot

Carrot with proliferation of roots. Initial symptoms include yellowing and narrowing of veins of young leaves. The entire leaf later becomes necrotic.

DISEASE: Witches'-broom

HOST: Alfalfa

Alfalfa plant (center) exhibiting stunting and proliferation of stems. Other symptoms are small, rounded, chlorotic, often puckered leaves and a yellowish cast.