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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 fasciation (Shoot proliferation)

HOST: Candytuft

The disease causes production of multiple shoots.

Bacterial fasciation (Shoot proliferation) | Candytuft

DISEASE: Bacterial fasciation (Shoot proliferation)

HOST: Candytuft (Iberis sp.)

PATHOGEN: Rhodococcus fascians

SOURCE: M. Putnam

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