DISEASE: Bacterial fasciation (Leafy gall)
HOST: Begonia
Leafy gall on stem.
Bacterial fasciation (Leafy gall) | Begonia
DISEASE: Bacterial fasciation (Leafy gall)
HOST: Begonia (Begonia sp.)
PATHOGEN: Rhodococcus fascians
SOURCE: M. Geesteranus, J. van der Wolf
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Blight)
HOST: Begonia
Initial symptoms appear as small, blisterlike lesions. As lesions age, they enlarge, producing broad patches of necrotic leaf tissue.
Bacterial leaf spot (Blight) | Begonia
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Blight)
HOST: Begonia (Begonia sp.)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. begoniae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. begoniae
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Blight)
HOST: Begonia
Advanced stage of disease with dark, large necrotic areas on leaves and interveinal chlorosis.
Bacterial leaf spot (Blight) | Begonia
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Blight)
HOST: Begonia (Begonia sp.)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. begoniae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. begoniae
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Nephthytis
Leaf with concentric rings of dark tissues. There has been confusion of the causal agent with Dickeya sp., which also causes mushy leaf spots.
Bacterial leaf spot | Nephthytis
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Nephthytis (Syngonium podophyllum)
PATHOGEN: Pectobacterium carotovorum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora
SOURCE: A. Chase
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Nephthytis
Water-soaked tissues and large, dark brown necrotic areas at leaf margins. Healthy (center leaf).
Bacterial leaf spot | Nephthytis
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Nephthytis (Syngonium podophyllum)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas cichorii
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Heliconia
Wilted and dying heliconia plant.
Bacterial wilt | Heliconia
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Heliconia (Heliconia sp.)
PATHOGEN: Ralstonia solanacearum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas solanacearum
SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Heliconia
Heliconia spathes with wilt and leaf necrosis.
Bacterial wilt | Heliconia
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Heliconia (Heliconia sp.)
PATHOGEN: Ralstonia solanacearum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas solanacearum
SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Heliconia
Heliconia stalk with discolored base.
Bacterial wilt | Heliconia
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Heliconia (Heliconia sp.)
PATHOGEN: Ralstonia solanacearum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas solanacearum
SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Heliconia
Spathe of heliconia infected with bacterial wilt (right) compared with healthy spathe.
Bacterial wilt | Heliconia
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Heliconia (Heliconia sp.)
PATHOGEN: Ralstonia solanacearum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas solanacearum
SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen