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: Bacterial blight
HOST: Grass
Timothy grass with light-colored lesions caused by unidentified Xanthomonas sp.
Bacterial blight | Grass
DISEASE: Bacterial blight
HOST: Grass (Phleum pratense)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas sp.
SOURCE: M. Shurtleff
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 leaf streak and stripe
HOST: Grass
Vasey grass with yellowish to brownish red streaks and stripes.
Bacterial leaf streak and stripe | Grass
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf streak and stripe
HOST: Grass (Paspalum urvillei)
PATHOGEN: Acidovorax avenae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Acidovorax avenae subsp. avenae
SOURCE: R. Gitaitis
DISEASE: Bacterial stripe
HOST: Grass
Sudangrass with dark reddish stripes on leaves.
Bacterial stripe | Grass
DISEASE: Bacterial stripe
HOST: Grass (Sorghum bicolor)
PATHOGEN: Burkholderia andropogonis
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas andropogonis
SOURCE: E. Hansen, M. Shurtleff
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Grass
Initial symptom is a lime-green, yellow, or blue-green appearance of the grass. The next symptom is small, reddish brown spots on leaf blades.
Bacterial wilt | Grass
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Grass (Poa annua)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas translucens pv. poae
SOURCE: P. H. Dernoeden
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Grass
Infected turf grass with patches of yellowing, wilted, and dead grass.
Bacterial wilt | Grass
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Grass (Poa annua)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas translucens pv. poae
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Grass
Late stage of disease development. Dead grass has a light brown or bleached tan appearance.
Bacterial wilt | Grass
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Grass (Poa annua)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas translucens pv. poae
SOURCE: P. H. Dernoeden