DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot)
HOST: Cotton
Leaf with advanced stage of blight.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 spot
HOST: Magnolia
Leaf with black, angular spots.
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Bacterial leaf spot | Magnolia
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Magnolia (Magnolia soulangiana)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas cichorii
SOURCE: R. Raabe