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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 mushy canker

HOST: Papaya

This disease (Micronesia) differs from bacterial decline by causing blackish, water-soaked, mushy cankers near or in leaf axils or on young stems.

Bacterial mushy canker | Papaya

DISEASE: Bacterial mushy canker

HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)

PATHOGEN: Erwinia sp.

SOURCE: E. Trujillo

DISEASE: Slippery skin

HOST: Onion

Rot progresses from the top of infected scales and eventually internal tissues rot. In early stages, the only external symptoms may be softening of the neck.

Slippery skin | Onion

DISEASE: Slippery skin

HOST: Onion (Allium cepa)

PATHOGEN: Burkholderia gladioli pv. alliicola

PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas gladioli pv. alliicola

SOURCE: H. Schwartz