DISEASE: Bacterial heart rot and fruit collapse
HOST: Pineapple
Longitudinal section of pineapple fruit core exhibiting outward spread of infection.

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: C. V. Subere
DISEASE: Bacterial heart rot and fruit collapse
HOST: Pineapple
Longitudinal section of pineapple with rotted tissues and cavities at the base.

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: A. de Silva
DISEASE: Bacterial heart rot and fruit collapse
HOST: Pineapple
Characteristic gas-filled "blister" on leaf (left) and decayed, dried leaf (right).

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: A. de Silva
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 ring rot
HOST: Potato
Stunted plant with withered leaves (right).

Bacterial ring rot | Potato
DISEASE: Bacterial ring rot
HOST: Potato (Solanum tuberosum)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus
SOURCE: M. Schroth
DISEASE: Bacterial ring rot
HOST: Potato
Infected leaf with advanced stage of interveinal necrosis.

Bacterial ring rot | Potato
DISEASE: Bacterial ring rot
HOST: Potato (Solanum tuberosum)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Bacterial ring rot
HOST: Potato
Foliage symptoms are upward rolling of leaves and marginal necrosis of lower leaves.

Bacterial ring rot | Potato
DISEASE: Bacterial ring rot
HOST: Potato (Solanum tuberosum)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus
SOURCE: G. Franc
DISEASE: Bacterial ring rot
HOST: Potato
Internal and external tuber symptoms, characteristic of ring rot.

Bacterial ring rot | Potato
DISEASE: Bacterial ring rot
HOST: Potato (Solanum tuberosum)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus
SOURCE: R. Rowe
DISEASE: Bacterial ring rot
HOST: Potato
Ring rot symptoms of tuber. Note the dark ring does not always extend completely around the tuber. Tissues are wet and cheesy.

Bacterial ring rot | Potato
DISEASE: Bacterial ring rot
HOST: Potato (Solanum tuberosum)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus
SOURCE: S. Thomson