DISEASE: Aster yellows
HOST: Watercress
Diseased watercress (left) and healthy plant (right).
Aster yellows | Watercress
DISEASE: Aster yellows
HOST: Watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Aster yellows group
SOURCE: W. Borth
DISEASE: Aster yellows
HOST: Wheat
Healthy head (left) and diseased head (right). Diseased seedlings may die within 2 to 3 weeks. Infected heads of surviving plants are small and sterile, with distorted awns.
Aster yellows | Wheat
DISEASE: Aster yellows
HOST: Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Aster yellows group
SOURCE: L. N. Chiykowski
DISEASE: Aster yellows
HOST: Zinnia
Yellowing and shoot proliferation of foliage.
Aster yellows | Zinnia
DISEASE: Aster yellows
HOST: Zinnia (Zinnia violacea)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Aster yellows group
SOURCE: J. Forsberg, M. Shurtleff
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Ivy
Algerian ivy with mostly black spots without halos.
Bacterial leaf spot | Ivy
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Ivy (Hedera canariensis)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas hortorum pv. hederae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. hederae
SOURCE: M. Schroth
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Ivy
English ivy leaves with typical chlorotic halos around spots.
Bacterial leaf spot | Ivy
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Ivy (Hedera helix)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas hortorum pv. hederae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. hederae
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Schefflera
Leaf with water-soaked lesions.
Bacterial leaf spot | Schefflera
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Schefflera (Schefflera actinophylla)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas hortorum pv. hederae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. hederae
SOURCE: M. Gleason
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Schefflera
Leaf with large, grayish necrotic areas.
Bacterial leaf spot | Schefflera
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Schefflera (Schefflera actinophylla)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas hortorum pv. hederae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. hederae
SOURCE: A. Chase
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Schefflera
Leaf with many small, pinpoint-sized lesions and a few large lesions.
Bacterial leaf spot | Schefflera
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Schefflera (Schefflera arboricola)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas hortorum pv. hederae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. hederae
SOURCE: A. Chase
DISEASE: Carrot yellows
HOST: Carrot
Flowers with shoot proliferation (witches’-broom) (left). Healthy flower (right). Virescence and phyllody of flower parts are common.
Carrot yellows | Carrot
DISEASE: Carrot yellows
HOST: Carrot (Daucus carota)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Aster yellows group
SOURCE: M. Schroth