DISEASE: Bacterial soft rot
HOST: Wasabi (Japanese horseradish)
Longitudinal sections of diseased rhizomes with discolored vascular tissues.

Bacterial soft rot | Wasabi (Japanese horseradish)
DISEASE: Bacterial soft rot
HOST: Wasabi (Japanese horseradish) (Wasabia japonica)
PATHOGEN: Pectobacterium wasabiae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia carotovora subsp. wasabiae
SOURCE: M. Goto
DISEASE: Bacterial soft rot
HOST: Wasabi (Japanese horseradish)
Longitudinal section of rhizome with discolored vascular bundles (left), and rhizome with external symptoms (right).

Bacterial soft rot | Wasabi (Japanese horseradish)
DISEASE: Bacterial soft rot
HOST: Wasabi (Japanese horseradish) (Wasabia japonica)
PATHOGEN: Pectobacterium wasabiae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia carotovora subsp. wasabiae
SOURCE: M. Goto
DISEASE: Bacterial soft rot
HOST: Wasabi (Japanese horseradish)
Cross section of rhizome with dark, infected vascular bundles.

Bacterial soft rot | Wasabi (Japanese horseradish)
DISEASE: Bacterial soft rot
HOST: Wasabi (Japanese horseradish) (Wasabia japonica)
PATHOGEN: Pectobacterium wasabiae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia carotovora subsp. wasabiae
SOURCE: G. Rodriguez
DISEASE: Bacterial stem rot
HOST: Tomato
Stem with long necrotic lesions. The pathogen often enters plants following pruning injuries.

Bacterial stem rot | Tomato
DISEASE: Bacterial stem rot
HOST: Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)
PATHOGEN: Pectobacterium atrosepticum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Ewinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica
SOURCE: A. Alvarez
DISEASE: Bacterial stem rot
HOST: Tomato
Wilt is first symptom of disease. Later, the pith usually disintegrates, causing hollow and blackened stems.

Bacterial stem rot | Tomato
DISEASE: Bacterial stem rot
HOST: Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)
PATHOGEN: Pectobacterium atrosepticum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica
SOURCE: M. Stanghelllini
DISEASE: Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot
HOST: Beet
Cross section of sugar beet with reddish color in vascular bundles and adjacent tissues.

Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot | Beet
DISEASE: Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot
HOST: Beet (Beta vulgaris)
PATHOGEN: Pectobacterium betavasculorum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia carotovora subsp. betavasculorum
SOURCE: M. Schroth
DISEASE: Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot
HOST: Beet
Advanced stage of disease with extensive rot.

Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot | Beet
DISEASE: Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot
HOST: Beet (Beta vulgaris)
PATHOGEN: Pectobacterium betavasculorum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia carotovora subsp. betavasculorum
SOURCE: M. Schroth
DISEASE: Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot
HOST: Beet
Early stage of systemic infection of young plant noted by blackening of midribs and veins.

Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot | Beet
DISEASE: Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot
HOST: Beet (Beta vulgaris)
PATHOGEN: Pectobacterium betavasculorum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia carotovora subsp. betavasculorum
SOURCE: M. Schroth
DISEASE: Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot
HOST: Beet
Infected vascular bundles caused by systemic infection by the bacterium.

Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot | Beet
DISEASE: Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot
HOST: Beet (Beta vulgaris)
PATHOGEN: Pectobacterium betavasculorum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia carotovora subsp. betavasculorum
SOURCE: S. Thomson