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DISEASE: Aster yellows

HOST: Wheat

Healthy head (left) and diseased head (right). Diseased seedlings may die within 2 to 3 weeks. Infected heads of surviving plants are small and sterile, with distorted awns.

DISEASE: Bacterial blast and black pit

HOST: Citrus (Lemon)

The term "black pit" refers to black lesions on fruit, which may be specks or large, sunken pits as seen here. They also may be light tan, later becoming reddish brown to black.

DISEASE: Bacterial decline

HOST: Papaya

Bacterial decline of papaya, historically called St. Croix decline, was thought to be caused by a fungus. This picture shows a papaya with dead top and side branches, a severe stage of the disease.

DISEASE: Bacterial decline

HOST: Papaya

Water-soaked papaya stem in St. Croix. Dark, water-soaked, greasy lesions occur on stems and leaves. The causal agent differs somewhat from descriptions of Erwinia papayae D strains in Micronesia.

DISEASE: Bacterial decline

HOST: Papaya

Bacterial invasion of leaf veins and adjacent tissues of papaya in Micronesia. This disease has also been called canker, dieback, and blight.

DISEASE: Bacterial decline

HOST: Papaya

Complete destruction of papaya plantation in Micronesia. Only a severely damaged trunk remains.

DISEASE: Bacterial fasciation

HOST: Papaya

Fasciation symptoms of papaya. Causal agent is unknown.

DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight

HOST: Wheat

Diseased leaves with whitish blotches. Initial water-soaked spots become necrotic and progress from gray-green to tannish white.

DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight

HOST: Wheat

Diseased leaves with whitish blotches. The disease begins as water-soaked spots and then become necrotic and progresses from gray-green to tannish white.