DISEASE: Australian citrus dieback
HOST: Citrus (Lime)
Severe decline, a late stage of disease. The disease spreads slowly in mature trees, progressing faster in young trees.
Australian citrus dieback | Citrus (Lime)
DISEASE: Australian citrus dieback
HOST: Citrus (Lime) (Citrus sp.)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Stolbur group
SOURCE: P. Broadbent
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi
Diseased blossoms, a stage of bacterial canker.
Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot) | Kiwi
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi (Actinidia chinensis)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae
SOURCE: J. Young
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi
Leaf spot stage of the disease with small, brown lesions with yellow halos.
Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot) | Kiwi
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi (Actinidia chinensis)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae
SOURCE: M. Goto
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi
Leaf spots on young leaves. Note dark brown to black lesions on lower surface (left) and similar lesions on upper surface but with yellow halos (right).
Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot) | Kiwi
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi (Actinidia chinensis)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae
SOURCE: J. Young
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi
Rusty-colored exudate oozing from cankers on infected trunk.
Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot) | Kiwi
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi (Actinidia chinensis)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae
SOURCE: M. Goto
DISEASE: Papaya dieback
HOST: Papaya
Dieback is characterized by terminal necrosis and death of the young and old plants.
Papaya dieback | Papaya
DISEASE: Papaya dieback
HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Stolbur group
SOURCE: D. Teakle
DISEASE: Papaya dieback
HOST: Papaya
Death of growing point, a symptom of the disease.
Papaya dieback | Papaya
DISEASE: Papaya dieback
HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Stolbur group
SOURCE: D. Teakle
DISEASE: Sweet potato little leaf
HOST: Sweet potato
Infected plant (left) and healthy plant (right).
Sweet potato little leaf | Sweet potato
DISEASE: Sweet potato little leaf
HOST: Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Peanut witches'-broom group
SOURCE: R. McCoy, M. Davis
DISEASE: Witches'-broom
HOST: Citrus (Lime)
Lime tree with compact, small leaves (witches'-broom). Leaves on older brooms dry out and eventually drop, leaving dead, bare branches. There are no flowers or fruit on brooms.
Witches'-broom | Citrus (Lime)
DISEASE: Witches'-broom
HOST: Citrus (Lime) (Citrus sp.)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Peanut witches'-broom group
SOURCE: J. Bove, M. Garnier