DISEASE: Bacterial finger-tip rot
HOST: Banana
Cross sections of fruit with internal discoloration and rot. This disease is also known as Mokillo disease.
Bacterial finger-tip rot | Banana
DISEASE: Bacterial finger-tip rot
HOST: Banana (Musa sp.)
PATHOGEN: Burkholderia cenocepacia
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas cenocepacia
SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen
DISEASE: Bacterial finger-tip rot
HOST: Banana
Longitudinal sections of fruit with internal discoloration and rot. Healthy (right).
Bacterial finger-tip rot | Banana
DISEASE: Bacterial finger-tip rot
HOST: Banana (Musa sp.)
PATHOGEN: Burkholderia cenocepacia
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas cenocepacia
SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen
DISEASE: Bacterial finger-tip rot
HOST: Banana
Diseased banana hand with external discoloration.
Bacterial finger-tip rot | Banana
DISEASE: Bacterial finger-tip rot
HOST: Banana (Musa sp.)
PATHOGEN: Burkholderia cenocepacia
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas cenocepacia
SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Blight)
HOST: Poinsettia
Blighted leaves and stems.
Bacterial leaf spot (Blight) | Poinsettia
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Blight)
HOST: Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)
PATHOGEN: Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. poinsettiae
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Blight)
HOST: Poinsettia
Poinsettia with diseased stem. Woody stems may have a yellowed cortex and dark vascular tissues. The stem tip may curve with deformed terminal leaves.
Bacterial leaf spot (Blight) | Poinsettia
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Blight)
HOST: Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)
PATHOGEN: Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. poinsettiae
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Blight)
HOST: Poinsettia
Leaves with small, dark spots, an early stage of disease.
Bacterial leaf spot (Blight) | Poinsettia
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Blight)
HOST: Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)
PATHOGEN: Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. poinsettiae
SOURCE: A. Alvarez
DISEASE: Brittle root
HOST: Horseradish
Dying, stunted, yellow to brown horseradish plants.
Brittle root | Horseradish
DISEASE: Brittle root
HOST: Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)
PATHOGEN: Spiroplasma citri
SOURCE: C. Eastman, M. Davis
DISEASE: Brittle root
HOST: Horseradish
Close-up of stunted, yellow horseradish plants.
Brittle root | Horseradish
DISEASE: Brittle root
HOST: Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)
PATHOGEN: Spiroplasma citri
SOURCE: D. Sherrod
DISEASE: Brittle root
HOST: Horseradish
Horseradish with discolored internal tissues. Healthy root segment (top right).
Brittle root | Horseradish
DISEASE: Brittle root
HOST: Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)
PATHOGEN: Spiroplasma citri
SOURCE: J. Fletcher, M. Davis