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 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 leaf spot
HOST: Schefflera
Leaf with water-soaked lesions.
Bacterial leaf spot | Schefflera
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Schefflera (Schefflera actinophylla)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas hortorum pv. hederae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. hederae
SOURCE: M. Gleason
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Schefflera
Leaf with large, grayish necrotic areas.
Bacterial leaf spot | Schefflera
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Schefflera (Schefflera actinophylla)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas hortorum pv. hederae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. hederae
SOURCE: A. Chase
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Schefflera
Leaf with many small, pinpoint-sized lesions and a few large lesions.
Bacterial leaf spot | Schefflera
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Schefflera (Schefflera arboricola)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas hortorum pv. hederae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. hederae
SOURCE: A. Chase
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