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: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Cantaloupe
Cantaloupe field with severe destruction from bacterial wilt (left), less on right.
Bacterial wilt | Cantaloupe
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Cantaloupe (Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia tracheiphila
SOURCE: L. Claflin
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Muskmelon
Severely diseased plants as noted by dying runners.
Bacterial wilt | Muskmelon
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Muskmelon (Cucumis melo)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia tracheiphila
SOURCE: M. Shurtleff
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Muskmelon
Wilt-devastated muskmelon field.
Bacterial wilt | Muskmelon
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Muskmelon (Cucumis melo)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia tracheiphila
SOURCE: M. Shurtleff
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Squash
Field with severe symptoms of wilt. Foliage often is chlorotic and leaf margins may be chlorotic and necrotic before plant death. Bacterial ooze may be seen streaming from the xylem when infected stems are cut.
Bacterial wilt | Squash
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Squash (Cucurbita maxima)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia tracheiphila
SOURCE: B. Jacobsen, M. Shurtleff
DISEASE: Bois noir disease
HOST: Grape
Severe symptoms of triangular-trapezoid-shaped leaves with desiccated appearance.
Bois noir disease | Grape
DISEASE: Bois noir disease
HOST: Grape (Vitis vinifera)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Stolbur group
SOURCE: W. Schweigkofler
DISEASE: Bois noir disease
HOST: Grape
Leaves with disease symptoms identical to flavescence doree, a yellows disease caused by a different phytoplasma. The latter has a slightly different host range and is transmitted by a leafhopper.
Bois noir disease | Grape
DISEASE: Bois noir disease
HOST: Grape (Vitis vinifera)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Stolbur group
SOURCE: W. Schweigkofler
DISEASE: Bois noir disease
HOST: Grape
Bois noir disease may be expressed on one branch while other branches appear healthy. Note trapezoid-shaped leaves.
Bois noir disease | Grape
DISEASE: Bois noir disease
HOST: Grape (Vitis vinifera 'Chardonnay')
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Stolbur group
SOURCE: W. Schweigkofler