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: Pith necrosis
HOST: Geranium
Geranium with wilted, yellow necrotic leaves.
Pith necrosis | Geranium
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Geranium (Pelargonium sp.)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas corrugata
SOURCE: A. Magyarosy, D. Thomas
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Geranium
Pitted and hollow stems, one of the disease symptoms.
Pith necrosis | Geranium
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Geranium (Pelargonium sp.)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas corrugata
SOURCE: A. Magyarosy, D. Thomas
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Geranium
Discolored stem caused by systemic infection of the pathogen.
Pith necrosis | Geranium
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Geranium (Pelargonium sp.)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas corrugata
SOURCE: A. Magyarosy, D. Thomas
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Tomato
Cracked, dry, hollow stems with internal necrosis.
Pith necrosis | Tomato
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas corrugata
SOURCE: A. Alvarez
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Tomato
External necrotic stem tissues. Initial symptoms include chlorosis of young leaves. Wilting may occur when disease is severe.
Pith necrosis | Tomato
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas corrugata
SOURCE: K. Natsuaki, M. Goto
DISEASE: Sheath brown rot
HOST: Rice
Disease symptoms typically occur on flag leaf sheaths from booting to heading stage and also on panicles. Water-soaked lesions on glumes turn light brown.
Sheath brown rot | Rice
DISEASE: Sheath brown rot
HOST: Rice (Oryza sativa)
PATHOGEN: Burkholderia fuscovaginae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas fuscovaginae
SOURCE: K. Miyajima, M. Goto