DISEASE: Aster yellows
HOST: Squash
Diagnostic characteristics for the disease are yellowing of young leaves, proliferation of secondary shoots, and rigid erect habit. Leaves are misshapen and smaller than normal and have stiff, thick laminae.

Aster yellows | Squash
DISEASE: Aster yellows
HOST: Squash (Cucurbita sp.)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Aster yellows group
SOURCE: S. Miller
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.

Aster yellows | Wheat
DISEASE: Aster yellows
HOST: Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Aster yellows group
SOURCE: L. N. Chiykowski
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Bacterial necrosis)
HOST: Grape
Stem necrosis of grape.

Bacterial blight (Bacterial necrosis) | Grape
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Bacterial necrosis)
HOST: Grape (Vitis vinifera)
PATHOGEN: Xylophilus ampelinus
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas ampelina
SOURCE: N. Schaad
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Bacterial necrosis)
HOST: Grape
Stem with cankers and discolored external tissues.

Bacterial blight (Bacterial necrosis) | Grape
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Bacterial necrosis)
HOST: Grape (Vitis vinifera)
PATHOGEN: Xylophilus ampelinus
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas ampelina
SOURCE: N. Schaad
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Bacterial necrosis)
HOST: Grape
Severe infection in vineyard is noted by dead canes. Symptoms are most severe in spring; shoot blight, occasional spots on leaves, and cankers are common.

Bacterial blight (Bacterial necrosis) | Grape
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Bacterial necrosis)
HOST: Grape (Vitis vinifera)
PATHOGEN: Xylophilus ampelinus
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas ampelina
SOURCE: C. Manceau, N. Schaad
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Bacterial necrosis)
HOST: Grape
Leaf with necrotic spots and marginal necrosis. One-sided cracking of petiole tissue is common (not shown here).

Bacterial blight (Bacterial necrosis) | Grape
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Bacterial necrosis)
HOST: Grape (Vitis vinifera)
PATHOGEN: Xylophilus ampelinus
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas ampelina
SOURCE: C. Panagopoulos
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.

Bacterial leaf blight | Wheat
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight
HOST: Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae
SOURCE: J. Otta
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.

Bacterial leaf blight | Wheat
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight
HOST: Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae
SOURCE: L. Claflin