DISEASE: Bacterial heart rot and fruit collapse
HOST: Pineapple
Necrosis and rot at bases of central heart leaves (whorl) with dark borders at margins between diseased and healthy tissues.
Bacterial heart rot and fruit collapse | Pineapple
DISEASE: Bacterial heart rot and fruit collapse
HOST: Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya sp.
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi
SOURCE: G. Taniguchi
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Pellionia
Leaves with dry, irregularly shaped lesions with corky, raised borders on upper surface.
Bacterial leaf spot | Pellionia
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Pellionia (Pellionia sp.)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas campestris
SOURCE: A. Chase
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Pellionia
Leaf lesions are irregular, corky, and slightly raised on lower leaf surfaces. Lesions may fall out, leaving a shot-hole appearance.
Bacterial leaf spot | Pellionia
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Pellionia (Pellionia sp.)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas campestris
SOURCE: H. Schwartz
DISEASE: Pink disease
HOST: Pineapple
Infected pineapple slices; effect of heating (right) and not heating (left).
Pink disease | Pineapple
DISEASE: Pink disease
HOST: Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
PATHOGEN: Tatumella citrea
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pantoea citrea
SOURCE: K. Rohrbach, A. Alvarez
DISEASE: Pink disease
HOST: Pineapple
Two clones (A and D) showing different stages of infection. Second and fourth fruits (left to right) have been heated. Disease originally attributed to Gluconobacter oxydans and Enterobacter agglomerans and later to Pantoea citrea.
Pink disease | Pineapple
DISEASE: Pink disease
HOST: Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
PATHOGEN: Tatumella citrea
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pantoea citrea
SOURCE: K. Rohrbach