DISEASE: Aster yellows
HOST: Potato
Chlorotic and stunted foliage with necrotic leaf margins. Other symptoms may be phyllody, virescence, purple or yellow pigmentation, and rolling of leaflets.
Aster yellows | Potato
DISEASE: Aster yellows
HOST: Potato (Solanum tuberosum)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Aster yellows group
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Aster yellows
HOST: Potato
Stunted, chlorotic plants (left) with stiff, rolled leaves.
Aster yellows | Potato
DISEASE: Aster yellows
HOST: Potato (Solanum tuberosum)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Aster yellows group
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Aster yellows
HOST: Potato
Diseased plant with malformed tubers.
Aster yellows | Potato
DISEASE: Aster yellows
HOST: Potato (Solanum tuberosum)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Aster yellows group
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi
Diseased blossoms, a stage of bacterial canker.
Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot) | Kiwi
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi (Actinidia chinensis)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae
SOURCE: J. Young
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi
Leaf spot stage of the disease with small, brown lesions with yellow halos.
Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot) | Kiwi
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi (Actinidia chinensis)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae
SOURCE: M. Goto
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi
Leaf spots on young leaves. Note dark brown to black lesions on lower surface (left) and similar lesions on upper surface but with yellow halos (right).
Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot) | Kiwi
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi (Actinidia chinensis)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae
SOURCE: J. Young
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi
Rusty-colored exudate oozing from cankers on infected trunk.
Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot) | Kiwi
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi (Actinidia chinensis)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae
SOURCE: M. Goto
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya
Bacterial decline of papaya, historically called St. Croix decline, was thought to be caused by a fungus. This picture shows a papaya with dead top and side branches, a severe stage of the disease.
Bacterial decline | Papaya
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia papayae
SOURCE: M. Schroth
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya
Water-soaked papaya stem in St. Croix. Dark, water-soaked, greasy lesions occur on stems and leaves. The causal agent differs somewhat from descriptions of Erwinia papayae D strains in Micronesia.
Bacterial decline | Papaya
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia papayae
SOURCE: M. Schroth