DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Grass
Initial symptom is a lime-green, yellow, or blue-green appearance of the grass. The next symptom is small, reddish brown spots on leaf blades.

Bacterial wilt | Grass
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Grass (Poa annua)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas translucens pv. poae
SOURCE: P. H. Dernoeden
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Grass
Infected turf grass with patches of yellowing, wilted, and dead grass.

Bacterial wilt | Grass
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Grass (Poa annua)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas translucens pv. poae
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Grass
Late stage of disease development. Dead grass has a light brown or bleached tan appearance.

Bacterial wilt | Grass
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Grass (Poa annua)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas translucens pv. poae
SOURCE: P. H. Dernoeden
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Grass
Wilted and dead patches of diseased creeping bent grass (Toronto grass) on golf green.

Bacterial wilt | Grass
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Grass (Agrostis stolonifera)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas translucens pv. poae
SOURCE: D. Roberts
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Grass
Irregular disease patterns on golf green. The cultivars Toronto, Cohansey, and Nimisilia are primary hosts of the disease.

Bacterial wilt | Grass
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Grass (Agrostis stolonifera)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas translucens pv. poae
SOURCE: D. Roberts
DISEASE: Goss's bacterial wilt and blight
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Wilted, dying plants. Leaves have gray to light yellow stripes and irregular margins that follow leaf veins. Systemically infected plants usually have orange vascular bundles.

Goss's bacterial wilt and blight | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Goss's bacterial wilt and blight
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Corynebacterium nebraskense
SOURCE: A. Vidaver
DISEASE: Goss's bacterial wilt and blight
HOST: Corn (Maize)
The disease causes necrotic leaf lesions, which typically have dark flecks (freckles) within the lesions (not seen here).

Goss's bacterial wilt and blight | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Goss's bacterial wilt and blight
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Corynebacterium nebraskense
SOURCE: A. Vidaver
DISEASE: Pear decline
HOST: Pear
Healthy pear shoot (left) and diseased shoots (center and right). Leaves are reddish and growth is stunted.

Pear decline | Pear
DISEASE: Pear decline
HOST: Pear (Pyrus communis)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Apple proliferation group
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Pear decline
HOST: Pear
Close-up of infected pear branch showing premature reddish coloration of leaves and cupped, stunted leaves.

Pear decline | Pear
DISEASE: Pear decline
HOST: Pear (Pyrus communis)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Apple proliferation group
SOURCE: S. Thomson