DISEASE: Bacterial heart rot and fruit collapse
HOST: Pineapple
Necrosis and rot at bases of central heart leaves (whorl) with dark borders at margins between diseased and healthy tissues.
Bacterial heart rot and fruit collapse | Pineapple
DISEASE: Bacterial heart rot and fruit collapse
HOST: Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya sp.
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi
SOURCE: G. Taniguchi
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Croton
Tan, irregular-sized lesions on lower leaf surfaces.
Bacterial leaf spot | Croton
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Croton (Codiaeum variegatum var. pictum)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. poinsettiicola
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. poinsettiicola
SOURCE: J. Yuen
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Croton
Leaves with dry, irregularly shaped, brown necrotic areas.
Bacterial leaf spot | Croton
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Croton (Codiaeum variegatum)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas codiaei
SOURCE: A. Chase
DISEASE: Pink disease
HOST: Pineapple
Infected pineapple slices; effect of heating (right) and not heating (left).
Pink disease | Pineapple
DISEASE: Pink disease
HOST: Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
PATHOGEN: Tatumella citrea
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pantoea citrea
SOURCE: K. Rohrbach, A. Alvarez
DISEASE: Pink disease
HOST: Pineapple
Two clones (A and D) showing different stages of infection. Second and fourth fruits (left to right) have been heated. Disease originally attributed to Gluconobacter oxydans and Enterobacter agglomerans and later to Pantoea citrea.
Pink disease | Pineapple
DISEASE: Pink disease
HOST: Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
PATHOGEN: Tatumella citrea
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pantoea citrea
SOURCE: K. Rohrbach