DISEASE: Bacterial heart rot
HOST: Palm
Palm with advanced stage of heart rot. Symptoms of mature palms include rapid browning and desiccation of foliage, rot of roots and buds, and aborted fruits.
Bacterial heart rot | Palm
DISEASE: Bacterial heart rot
HOST: Palm (Cocos nucifera)
PATHOGEN: Phytomonas sp.
SOURCE: R. McCoy, M. Davis
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: Gypsophila gall
HOST: Gypsophila (Baby's breath)
Gall on gypsophila stem.
Gypsophila gall | Gypsophila (Baby's breath)
DISEASE: Gypsophila gall
HOST: Gypsophila (Baby's breath) (Gypsophila elegans)
PATHOGEN: Pantoea agglomerans pv. agglomerans
SOURCE: S. Manulis
DISEASE: Gypsophila gall
HOST: Gypsophila (Baby's breath)
Gall 1 month after inoculation of stem.
Gypsophila gall | Gypsophila (Baby's breath)
DISEASE: Gypsophila gall
HOST: Gypsophila (Baby's breath) (Gypsophila elegans)
PATHOGEN: Pantoea agglomerans pv. agglomerans
SOURCE: S. Manulis
DISEASE: Gypsophila gall
HOST: Gypsophila (Baby's breath)
Brown gall on crown of gypsophila.
Gypsophila gall | Gypsophila (Baby's breath)
DISEASE: Gypsophila gall
HOST: Gypsophila (Baby's breath) (Gypsophila elegans)
PATHOGEN: Pantoea agglomerans pv. agglomerans
SOURCE: S. Manulis
DISEASE: Gypsophila gall
HOST: Gypsophila (Baby's breath)
Galls (left) caused by Pantoea agglomerans pv. agglomerans tend to be brownish, and those (right) caused by P. agglomerans pv. betae are white.
Gypsophila gall | Gypsophila (Baby's breath)
DISEASE: Gypsophila gall
HOST: Gypsophila (Baby's breath) (Gypsophila elegans)
PATHOGEN: Pantoea agglomerans pv. agglomerans
SOURCE: S. Manulis
DISEASE: Sudden death (Wilt)
HOST: Palm
Palm in Columbia with severe yellowing of leaves.
Sudden death (Wilt) | Palm
DISEASE: Sudden death (Wilt)
HOST: Palm (Elaeis guineensis)
PATHOGEN: Phytomonas sp.
SOURCE: R. McCoy, M. Davis
DISEASE: Sudden death (Wilt)
HOST: Palm
Palm with desiccated, wilted leaves, a symptom of the disease.
Sudden death (Wilt) | Palm
DISEASE: Sudden death (Wilt)
HOST: Palm (Elaeis guineensis)
PATHOGEN: Phytomonas sp.
SOURCE: R. McCoy, M. Davis