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DISEASE: Bacterial decline

HOST: Papaya

Bacterial decline of papaya, historically called St. Croix decline, was thought to be caused by a fungus. This picture shows a papaya with dead top and side branches, a severe stage of the disease.

DISEASE: Bacterial decline

HOST: Papaya

Water-soaked papaya stem in St. Croix. Dark, water-soaked, greasy lesions occur on stems and leaves. The causal agent differs somewhat from descriptions of Erwinia papayae D strains in Micronesia.

DISEASE: Bacterial decline

HOST: Papaya

Bacterial invasion of leaf veins and adjacent tissues of papaya in Micronesia. This disease has also been called canker, dieback, and blight.

DISEASE: Bacterial decline

HOST: Papaya

Complete destruction of papaya plantation in Micronesia. Only a severely damaged trunk remains.

DISEASE: Bacterial seedling blight

HOST: Rice

Dead and light brown, infected seedlings in nursery tray.

DISEASE: Ear rot

HOST: Corn (Maize)

Rot at apical end of ear.

DISEASE: Grain rot

HOST: Rice

Close-up of diseased grain. Infected portions of lemma and palea are purplish to dark brown.

DISEASE: Grain rot

HOST: Rice

Discolored and withered hulls of infected panicles. A brown margin between the infected and healthy parts of the grain is a diagnostic feature.

DISEASE: Marginal leaf blight

HOST: Lettuce

Marginal leaf blight first appears as slimy wilting of leaf margins. Small, reddish lesions may be seen on leaf blades. Infected tissues turn brown to black in time.