DISEASE: Bacterial canker
HOST: Tomato
Close-up of bird's-eye spots on green fruit.
Bacterial canker | Tomato
DISEASE: Bacterial canker
HOST: Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Corynebacterium michiganense
SOURCE: A. Hayward
DISEASE: Bacterial canker
HOST: Tomato
Ripe tomato infected with Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis, which causes light brown lesions surrounded by white halos, and Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato, which causes small, black, raised lesions.
Bacterial canker | Tomato
DISEASE: Bacterial canker
HOST: Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Corynebacterium michiganense
SOURCE: M. Schroth
DISEASE: Bacterial fruit blotch
HOST: Cantaloupe
Early stage of disease with discolored blotches on the surface.
Bacterial fruit blotch | Cantaloupe
DISEASE: Bacterial fruit blotch
HOST: Cantaloupe (Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis)
PATHOGEN: Acidovorax citrulli
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli
SOURCE: D. B. Langston
DISEASE: Bacterial fruit blotch
HOST: Cantaloupe
View of disease path from rind to internal rotting of melon.
Bacterial fruit blotch | Cantaloupe
DISEASE: Bacterial fruit blotch
HOST: Cantaloupe (Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis)
PATHOGEN: Acidovorax citrulli
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli
SOURCE: R. Gitaitis
DISEASE: Bacterial fruit blotch
HOST: Cantaloupe
Leaf spot stage. Lesions start small and may coalesce, forming large, brown necrotic areas.
Bacterial fruit blotch | Cantaloupe
DISEASE: Bacterial fruit blotch
HOST: Cantaloupe (Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis)
PATHOGEN: Acidovorax citrulli
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli
SOURCE: D. B. Langston
DISEASE: Bacterial fruit blotch
HOST: Citron melon
Citron rind with fruit blotch.
Bacterial fruit blotch | Citron melon
DISEASE: Bacterial fruit blotch
HOST: Citron melon (Citrullus lanatus var. citroides)
PATHOGEN: Acidovorax citrulli
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli
SOURCE: R. Gitaitis
DISEASE: Bacterial fruit blotch
HOST: Citron melon
Leaf infection stage of fruit blotch.
Bacterial fruit blotch | Citron melon
DISEASE: Bacterial fruit blotch
HOST: Citron melon (Citrullus lanatus var. citroides)
PATHOGEN: Acidovorax citrulli
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli
SOURCE: R. Gitaitis
DISEASE: Bacterial fruit blotch
HOST: Pumpkin
Pumpkin exhibiting early stage of disease on rind.
Bacterial fruit blotch | Pumpkin
DISEASE: Bacterial fruit blotch
HOST: Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo)
PATHOGEN: Acidovorax citrulli
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli
SOURCE: R. Gitaitis
DISEASE: Bacterial fruit blotch
HOST: Pumpkin
Leaves with large necrotic areas.
Bacterial fruit blotch | Pumpkin
DISEASE: Bacterial fruit blotch
HOST: Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo)
PATHOGEN: Acidovorax citrulli
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli
SOURCE: R. Gitaitis