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RESULTS

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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.

DISEASE: Bacterial blight

HOST: Persimmon

Diseased shoots with spots on leaves and necroses on stems.

DISEASE: Bacterial wilt

HOST: Alfalfa

Longitudinal section of defined brown gum pockets on inner surface of root bark.

DISEASE: Bacterial wilt

HOST: Alfalfa

Infected plant (left) with typical symptoms of stunting and chlorosis. Other characteristic symptoms are spindly stems and small distorted leaflets. Healthy plant (right).

DISEASE: Bacterial wilt

HOST: Alfalfa

Diseased plant with chlorotic leaves.

DISEASE: Bacterial wilt

HOST: Alfalfa

Cross sections of diseased roots with defined brown gum pockets on inner surface of bark. Healthy root (upper left). Other sections represent increases in disease severity.

DISEASE: Cane blight

HOST: Rose

Rose with blighted necrotic cane.

DISEASE: Pink disease

HOST: Pineapple

Infected pineapple slices; effect of heating (right) and not heating (left).

DISEASE: Pink disease

HOST: Pineapple

Two clones (A and D) showing different stages of infection. Second and fourth fruits (left to right) have been heated. Disease originally attributed to Gluconobacter oxydans and Enterobacter agglomerans and later to Pantoea citrea.