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: Mulberry
Leaf with numerous small, dark brown lesions with chlorotic halos.
Bacterial blight | Mulberry
DISEASE: Bacterial blight
HOST: Mulberry (Morus alba)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. mori
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Bacterial blight
HOST: Mulberry
Foliage with small, dark lesions with large, yellowish halos.
Bacterial blight | Mulberry
DISEASE: Bacterial blight
HOST: Mulberry (Morus sp.)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. mori
SOURCE: M. Sato, M. Goto
DISEASE: Bacterial blight
HOST: Mulberry
Blighted foliage with yellowing and curling of leaves.
Bacterial blight | Mulberry
DISEASE: Bacterial blight
HOST: Mulberry (Morus sp.)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. mori
SOURCE: M. Sato, M. Goto
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