DISEASE: Bacterial blast and fruit spot
HOST: Avocado
White bacterial ooze on surface of fruit. Pseudomonas strains that cause canker likely differ from those that infect fruit and leaves.
Bacterial blast and fruit spot | Avocado
DISEASE: Bacterial blast and fruit spot
HOST: Avocado (Persea americana)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae
SOURCE: L. Fucikovsky
DISEASE: Bacterial blight
HOST: Persimmon
Diseased shoots with spots on leaves and necroses on stems.
Bacterial blight | Persimmon
DISEASE: Bacterial blight
HOST: Persimmon (Diospyros sp.)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae
SOURCE: J. Young
DISEASE: Blood disease
HOST: Banana
Yellow leaves of dying plant.
Blood disease | Banana
DISEASE: Blood disease
HOST: Banana (Musa sp.)
PATHOGEN: Ralstonia solanacearum species complex
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Ralstonia solanacearum (Phylotype IV)
SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen
DISEASE: Blood disease
HOST: Banana
Cross sections of diseased fruit with reddish discoloration and bacterial ooze.
Blood disease | Banana
DISEASE: Blood disease
HOST: Banana (Musa sp.)
PATHOGEN: Ralstonia solanacearum species complex
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Ralstonia solanacearum (Phylotype IV)
SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen
DISEASE: Blood disease
HOST: Banana
Longitudinal sections (right) exposing reddish brown discoloration of infected fruit.
Blood disease | Banana
DISEASE: Blood disease
HOST: Banana (Musa sp.)
PATHOGEN: Ralstonia solanacearum species complex
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Ralstonia solanacearum (Phylotype IV)
SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen
DISEASE: Blood disease
HOST: Banana
Diseased plant with wilt and yellowing of leaves. The disease occurs in Indonesia and is characterized by bright red discoloration of vascular tissues. It is caused by strains in the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex.
Blood disease | Banana
DISEASE: Blood disease
HOST: Banana (Musa sp.)
PATHOGEN: Ralstonia solanacearum species complex
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Ralstonia solanacearum (Phylotype IV)
SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen
DISEASE: Cane blight
HOST: Rose
Rose with blighted necrotic cane.
Cane blight | Rose
DISEASE: Cane blight
HOST: Rose (Rosa sp.)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae
SOURCE: S. Mohan
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