DISEASE: Leaf scald
HOST: Sugarcane
Acute disease symptoms of wilting with upward curling of leaves with extensive necrosis.

Leaf scald | Sugarcane
DISEASE: Leaf scald
HOST: Sugarcane (Sacharum officinarum)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas albilineans
SOURCE: R. Birch
DISEASE: Leaf scald
HOST: Sugarcane
Side shoots, some with chlorosis and whitish, "pencil-line" symptoms.

Leaf scald | Sugarcane
DISEASE: Leaf scald
HOST: Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas albilineans
SOURCE: R. Birch
DISEASE: Leaf scald
HOST: Sugarcane
Susceptible variety in foreground and more resistant varieties in background.

Leaf scald | Sugarcane
DISEASE: Leaf scald
HOST: Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas albilineans
SOURCE: R. Birch
DISEASE: Leaf scald
HOST: Sugarcane
Advanced stage of disease with coalescing white and yellowish stripes.

Leaf scald | Sugarcane
DISEASE: Leaf scald
HOST: Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas albilineans
SOURCE: R. Birch
DISEASE: Leaf scald
HOST: Sugarcane
Field view of the advanced stage of disease.

Leaf scald | Sugarcane
DISEASE: Leaf scald
HOST: Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas albilineans
SOURCE: D. Teakle
DISEASE: Leaf scald
HOST: Sugarcane
Acute phase of disease is characterized by wilting and dying plants. Leaves during this stage have very narrow, white lines that may extend the entire length of the leaf or sheath.

Leaf scald | Sugarcane
DISEASE: Leaf scald
HOST: Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas albilineans
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Leaf scald
HOST: Sugarcane
Leaves with narrow, white stripes/streaks, a stage of the disease.

Leaf scald | Sugarcane
DISEASE: Leaf scald
HOST: Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas albilineans
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Ratoon stunt
HOST: Sugarcane
Necrotic, reddish vascular bundles in node of sliced stalk, a diagnostic symptom.

Ratoon stunt | Sugarcane
DISEASE: Ratoon stunt
HOST: Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
PATHOGEN: Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli
SOURCE: D. Teakle
DISEASE: Ratoon stunt
HOST: Sugarcane
Disease of susceptible cultivar L62-96 (right). External symptoms are characterized by stunting and poor growth.

Ratoon stunt | Sugarcane
DISEASE: Ratoon stunt
HOST: Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
PATHOGEN: Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli
SOURCE: A. Gillaspie, M. Davis