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 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 wilt
HOST: Cantaloupe
Cantaloupe field with severe destruction from bacterial wilt (left), less on right.
Bacterial wilt | Cantaloupe
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Cantaloupe (Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia tracheiphila
SOURCE: L. Claflin
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