DISEASE: Bacterial blight
HOST: Geranium
Close-up of upper side of leaf with dark brown spots.
Bacterial blight | Geranium
DISEASE: Bacterial blight
HOST: Geranium (Pelargonium sp.)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas hortorum pv. pelargonii
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. pelargonii
SOURCE: M. Daughtrey
DISEASE: Bacterial blight
HOST: Geranium
Close-up of lower side of leaf with dark brown lesions.
Bacterial blight | Geranium
DISEASE: Bacterial blight
HOST: Geranium (Pelargonium sp.)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas hortorum pv. pelargonii
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. pelargonii
SOURCE: M. Daughtrey
DISEASE: Bacterial fasciation
HOST: Geranium
Plant with proliferation of shoots at crown.
Bacterial fasciation | Geranium
DISEASE: Bacterial fasciation
HOST: Geranium (Pelargonium grandiflorum)
PATHOGEN: Rhodococcus fascians
SOURCE: M. Daughtrey
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Geranium
Disease begins as water-soaked lesions that become brown to black and may coalesce, forming large necrotic areas.
Bacterial leaf spot | Geranium
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Geranium (Pelargonium sp.)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas cichorii
SOURCE: R. Raabe
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Geranium
Leaves with varying degrees of disease severity.
Bacterial leaf spot | Geranium
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Geranium (Pelargonium sp.)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae
SOURCE: APS
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 seed and seedling rot
HOST: Geranium
Cotyledons with water-soaked spots.
Bacterial seed and seedling rot | Geranium
DISEASE: Bacterial seed and seedling rot
HOST: Geranium (Pelargonium sp.)
PATHOGEN: Paenibacillus sp.
SOURCE: A. Magyarosy, D. Thomas
DISEASE: Bacterial seed and seedling rot
HOST: Geranium
Rotted and discolored seeds (right). Healthy seeds (left).
Bacterial seed and seedling rot | Geranium
DISEASE: Bacterial seed and seedling rot
HOST: Geranium (Pelargonium sp.)
PATHOGEN: Paenibacillus sp.
SOURCE: A. Magyarosy, D. Thomas