DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya
Bacterial decline of papaya, historically called St. Croix decline, was thought to be caused by a fungus. This picture shows a papaya with dead top and side branches, a severe stage of the disease.

Bacterial decline | Papaya
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia papayae
SOURCE: M. Schroth
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya
Water-soaked papaya stem in St. Croix. Dark, water-soaked, greasy lesions occur on stems and leaves. The causal agent differs somewhat from descriptions of Erwinia papayae D strains in Micronesia.

Bacterial decline | Papaya
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia papayae
SOURCE: M. Schroth
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya
Bacterial invasion of leaf veins and adjacent tissues of papaya in Micronesia. This disease has also been called canker, dieback, and blight.

Bacterial decline | Papaya
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia papayae
SOURCE: E. Trujillo
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya
Complete destruction of papaya plantation in Micronesia. Only a severely damaged trunk remains.

Bacterial decline | Papaya
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia papayae
SOURCE: E. Trujillo
DISEASE: Bacterial gall
HOST: Carrot
Root with many galls of different sizes.

Bacterial gall | Carrot
DISEASE: Bacterial gall
HOST: Carrot (Daucus carota)
PATHOGEN: Rhizobacter dauci
SOURCE: H. Kuwata
DISEASE: Bacterial gall
HOST: Carrot
Galls caused from inoculation of injured roots (left two) and uninjured roots (center two). Uninjured, noninoculated root (right).

Bacterial gall | Carrot
DISEASE: Bacterial gall
HOST: Carrot (Daucus carota)
PATHOGEN: Rhizobacter dauci
SOURCE: M. Goto
DISEASE: Common scab (Potato scab)
HOST: Potato
Symptoms of common scab vary depending upon the cultivar. The lesions can be shallow or deep, erumpent and corky, and vary in color.

Common scab (Potato scab) | Potato
DISEASE: Common scab (Potato scab)
HOST: Potato (Solanum tuberosum)
PATHOGEN: Streptomyces scabiei
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Streptomyces scabies
SOURCE: A. Secor
DISEASE: Common scab (Potato scab)
HOST: Potato
White-skinned tuber with sunken and superficial scab lesions.

Common scab (Potato scab) | Potato
DISEASE: Common scab (Potato scab)
HOST: Potato (Solanum tuberosum)
PATHOGEN: Streptomyces scabiei
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Streptomyces scabies
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Common scab (Potato scab)
HOST: Potato
Red-skinned tuber with lesions that usually penetrate less than 1 mm.

Common scab (Potato scab) | Potato
DISEASE: Common scab (Potato scab)
HOST: Potato (Solanum tuberosum)
PATHOGEN: Streptomyces scabiei
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Streptomyces scabies
SOURCE: S. Thomson