DISEASE: Bacterial mushy canker
HOST: Papaya
This disease (Micronesia) differs from bacterial decline by causing blackish, water-soaked, mushy cankers near or in leaf axils or on young stems.

Bacterial mushy canker | Papaya
DISEASE: Bacterial mushy canker
HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia sp.
SOURCE: E. Trujillo
DISEASE: Chocolate spot
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Leaf with dark brown, elongated spots surrounded by broad, yellow halos.

Chocolate spot | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Chocolate spot
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. coronafaciens
SOURCE: D. White
DISEASE: Halo blight
HOST: Oat
Oat leaves with oval lesions that darken in time and have distinctive yellow halos.

Halo blight | Oat
DISEASE: Halo blight
HOST: Oat (Avena sativa)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. coronafaciens
SOURCE: N. Schaad
DISEASE: Halo blight
HOST: Oat
Close-up of young and old lesions surrounded by halos.

Halo blight | Oat
DISEASE: Halo blight
HOST: Oat (Avena sativa)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. coronafaciens
SOURCE: N. Schaad
DISEASE: Stewart's wilt
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Wilted seedlings resulting from systemic invasion.

Stewart's wilt | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Stewart's wilt
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia stewartii
SOURCE: D. White
DISEASE: Stewart's wilt
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Leaf blight is the dominant symptom of this disease. Lesions begin as gray-green to yellow in color and turn brown in time.

Stewart's wilt | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Stewart's wilt
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia stewartii
SOURCE: D. White
DISEASE: Stewart's wilt
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Flea beetle and scars caused by feeding damage. The beetle is a vector and is an overwintering site for the bacterium.

Stewart's wilt | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Stewart's wilt
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia stewartii
SOURCE: D. White