DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot)
HOST: Cotton
Leaf with advanced stage of blight.
Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot) | Cotton
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot)
HOST: Cotton (Gossypium barbadense)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas citri subsp. malvacearum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum
SOURCE: M. Shurtleff
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot)
HOST: Cotton
Highly susceptible (left) and resistant (right) cotton cultivars. The black arm stage of the disease is the most serious and occurs when bacteria invade petioles and then stems.
Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot) | Cotton
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot)
HOST: Cotton (Gossypium barbadense)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas citri subsp. malvacearum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot)
HOST: Cotton
Characteristic early symptoms are water-soaked leaf spots and water-soaking along veins.
Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot) | Cotton
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot)
HOST: Cotton (Gossypium barbadense)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas citri subsp. malvacearum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum
SOURCE: A. Hayward
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot)
HOST: Cotton
Leaf with dark, angular leaf spots. Systemic invasion causes blackening of midribs.
Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot) | Cotton
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot)
HOST: Cotton (Gossypium barbadense)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas citri subsp. malvacearum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Boll rot)
HOST: Cotton
Boll rot first appears as raised, water-soaked lesions, which become sunken and turn brown to black with time.
Bacterial blight (Boll rot) | Cotton
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Boll rot)
HOST: Cotton (Gossypium barbadense)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas citri subsp. malvacearum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum
SOURCE: A. Hayward
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Boll rot)
HOST: Cotton
Infection of bolls causes premature opening and increased susceptibility to secondary, saprophytic microorganisms that cause rot. Note discolored cotton.
Bacterial blight (Boll rot) | Cotton
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Boll rot)
HOST: Cotton (Gossypium barbadense)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas citri subsp. malvacearum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight
HOST: Konjac (Devil's tongue)
Severely blighted leaves of konjac.
Bacterial leaf blight | Konjac (Devil's tongue)
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight
HOST: Konjac (Devil's tongue) (Amorphophallus konjaci)
PATHOGEN: Acidovorax konjaci
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas avenae subsp. konjaci
SOURCE: N. Hayashi, M. Goto
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Head rot)
HOST: Cauliflower
Leaves with tiny lesions surrounded by large halos.
Bacterial leaf spot (Head rot) | Cauliflower
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Head rot)
HOST: Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. maculicola
SOURCE: R. Campbell
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Head rot)
HOST: Cauliflower
Section of a cauliflower head with discolored, infected tissues.
Bacterial leaf spot (Head rot) | Cauliflower
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Head rot)
HOST: Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. maculicola
SOURCE: R. Campbell