DISEASE: Bacterial blight
HOST: Hazelnut
Diseased young tree with discoloration of the cambium. Dieback of young twigs and branches is characteristic. Other typical symptoms are bud and twig necrosis and small, angular or round, water-soaked leaf spots.

Bacterial blight | Hazelnut
DISEASE: Bacterial blight
HOST: Hazelnut (Corylus americana)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas arboricola pv. corylina
SOURCE: J. Pscheidt
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Alfalfa
Longitudinal section of defined brown gum pockets on inner surface of root bark.

Bacterial wilt | Alfalfa
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. insidiosus
SOURCE: S. Thomson
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).

Bacterial wilt | Alfalfa
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. insidiosus
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Alfalfa
Diseased plant with chlorotic leaves.

Bacterial wilt | Alfalfa
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. insidiosus
SOURCE: S. Thomson
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.

Bacterial wilt | Alfalfa
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. insidiosus
SOURCE: L. Claflin
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Barley
Black chaff is characterized by water-soaked and darkened glumes on barley heads and streaks and stripes on leaves.

Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak) | Barley
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Barley (Hordeum vulgare)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas translucens pv. undulosa
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Barley
Leaf with linear, water-soaked lesions that turn necrotic and brown. Flakes of dry bacterial exudate are apparent on the lesions. The pathogen also causes black glume of barley.

Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak) | Barley
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Barley (Hordeum vulgare)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas translucens pv. undulosa
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Wheat
Water-soaked stage of leaf streak.

Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak) | Wheat
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas translucens pv. undulosa
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Wheat
Interveinal brown streaks and blotches on wheat leaves, a late stage of disease. Symptoms may be confused with other diseases.

Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak) | Wheat
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas translucens pv. undulosa
SOURCE: R. Kilpatrick